Kyiv [Ukraine], January 3 (ANI):
The number of civilians killed in a drone attack on a café and a hotel in Ukraine’s Kherson region has risen to 28, Governor Vladimir Saldo said, as quoted by TASS.
“Three people died in the hospital, so the number of those killed now stands at 28. More than 100 people were in the café at the time of the attack, and over 60 were affected,” Saldo said.
According to Saldo, the attack took place on January 1, when civilians had gathered to mark the New Year. He said 31 people, including five children, were hospitalized following the incident, TASS reported.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that two missiles from Moscow struck the city of Kharkiv. In a post on X, Zelenskyy condemned the strike, stating that it targeted a residential area and caused significant damage.
“A heinous Russian strike on Kharkiv. Preliminary reports indicate two missiles struck an ordinary residential area. One of the buildings has been severely damaged. A rescue operation is currently underway, with all necessary services on site,” Zelenskyy said.
He added that the exact number of casualties remains unknown.
Russia’s Defense Ministry, however, denied reports of a strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, calling the claims false, Sputnik reported.
“Information about the alleged strike on the city of Kharkov by the Russian Armed Forces on January 2 of this year is untrue,” the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said Russian armed forces neither planned nor carried out any missile or air strikes within the city on January 2, Sputnik reported.
It further said that the Kyiv regime’s claims about the alleged Russian strike on Kharkiv were intended to divert international attention from what it described as a brutal terrorist attack carried out by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the settlement of Khorly in the Kherson region overnight into January 1. (ANI)
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