Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounces the attack as a war crime as Ukraine also claims to have downed several Russian missiles.
abc.net.au/news/russia-missiles-hit-ukraine-blood-bank-and-airbase/102695552Ukraine says that Russia bombed a blood bank near Kharkiv before launching a multi-wave overnight attack in the west of Ukraine as it attacked an air base.
The strike came shortly after Mr Zelenskyy said Russian missiles had hit a facility of the Ukrainian aeronautics group Motor Sich, a maker of plane and helicopter engines and other components.In his evening address, Mr Zelensky remained defiant, saying that "no matter how many such Russian attacks there are, they will still do nothing for the enemy".70 overnight missiles
"Overnight Russia's armed forces carried out strikes… on Ukrainian armed forces air bases around the settlements of Starokostiantyniv in the Khmelnytskyi region and Dubno in the Rivne region," the Russian Defence Ministry said.Ukraine's State Emergency Service released footage showing what it said was a blaze at an agricultural grain elevator for corn waste, adding that a worker had been wounded.
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