- Russian forces attacked Balakliia, eastern Ukraine, killing two people and wounding two others.
- On the same day, a Russian glide bomb hit an apartment building in Sumy, resulting in two fatalities
KYIV: Russian forces attacked the northeastern Ukrainian city of Balakliia on Friday, killing two people and wounding two, the head of the city’s military administration said.
Vitali Karabanov, writing on Telegram, said the attack had triggered a fire in one of the city’s suburbs. Private homes had been damaged.
Balakliia, located in Kharkiv region, was captured by Russian forces in the early weeks of Moscow’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbor, but retaken by Ukrainian troops in a large counteroffensive later in the year. Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians in the war.
Later on Friday, a Russian glide bomb hit an apartment building in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing two people, according to Regional Governor Oleh Hryhorov, and injuring seven, three of them in serious condition.
President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the “absolutely inhuman strike” on the apartment block and said residents could still be under rubble. He said Russian forces had also hit a clinic in the central city of Pavlohrad and a logistics center outside Kyiv, but provided no details on casualties.
