This Friday, August 11, an eight-year-old child was killed in a Russian hypersonic missile attack on the Ivano-Frankivsk region in western Ukraine, a part of the country located hundreds of kilometers from the front. .
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“ On August 11 around 11 a.m. (8 a.m. UT), the Russian army fired missiles at infrastructure in the Ivano-Frankivsk region “, said the office of the attorney general on Telegram. According to the same source, one of the missiles fell on a house in which there was a family with three children. “An eight-year-old boy died as a result of the bombardment,” concluded the prosecution, which indicates that the rescuers are trying to determine if there are other victims.
” Take care of your safety »
According to the head of the regional administration, Svitlana Onyshchuk, the child was taken to hospital in critical condition. ” The doctors did everything possible, but unfortunately it was not possible to save the child’s life “, she added in a video posted on Telegram. She also reminded the population that they had to take shelter in the event of an air alert. ” Wherever you live, take care of your safety and the safety of your loved ones “, did she say.
Ukrainian Air Force says Russia launched four hypersonic missiles Kinjal, reputed to be very difficult to shoot down because of their speed, in the direction of Kolomiya airfield, but only one had been shot down. ” The others hit near the airfield, civilian infrastructure was hit and one missile hit a residential area where the child was killed, she said in a statement posted on Telegram.
Western Ukraine, rarely targeted
According to the same source, the missiles Kinjal were launched from Tula and Lipetsk, two cities located respectively 180 and 460 km south of Moscow. Western Ukraine is much more rarely targeted by Russian bombardments than the rest of the country, the front extending for about a thousand kilometers in the northeast, east and south of the country.
(With AFP)
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