Ukraine: Seven dead in Kharkiv, Zelensky calls for international response

Kiev (Ukraine), 7 March (LaPresse/AP) – The death toll from the Russian attack on Kharkiv has risen to seven, with ten wounded, including three children. In Ukraine's second-largest city, a Russian missile struck a five-storey residential building. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack and called for an international response. He said Russia struck Ukraine overnight with 29 missiles and 480 drones, targeting energy facilities in Kiev and other central regions and causing damage in at least seven other locations across the country. According to preliminary data, air defence systems shot down 19 missiles and 453 drones, with 9 missiles and 26 attack drones hitting 22 locations. In Kharkiv, rescuers are searching through the rubble for survivors.