Russian air strike kills several in Kharkiv, Ukraine says
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00:00Ukrainian authorities say Russian guided aerial bombs killed several people and wounded dozens
00:06of others in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.
00:10A residential building and a children's playground were among the sites hit.
00:15There were civilian sites.
00:19The park at Yuriev Boulevard was directly hit.
00:23Children were there.
00:24The children's playground was hit.
00:25A child died.
00:27According to initial information, it was a girl of 13 or 14 years old.
00:33The Ukrainian president, following the attack, urged allies to take strong decisions and
00:37lift restrictions on the use of Western-supplied missiles inside Russian territory.
00:47Decisions are needed that can be made by our partners, who have the capability to destroy
00:53Russian military aviation precisely where it is based, where the terrorists and the
00:59aviation can be effectively neutralized.
01:05Kyiv says that Russia hit Ukraine with more than 400 missiles and drones this week.
01:10The Russian Defense Ministry is reporting gains, including the capture of settlements
01:14in the Donetsk region east of Pokrovsk, a strategic transportation and evacuation hub
01:19which Moscow's troops have been moving towards.
01:24Ukraine's army commander-in-chief says the most difficult situation remains the Pokrovsk sector.
01:28He said attacks are being repelled, and said Ukrainian troops have advanced up to two kilometers
01:34in different directions in Russia's Kursk region, taking control of five square kilometers
01:39of territory.
01:43Kyiv says the incursion into Russia, which began on the 6th of August, is designed to
01:47protect its border settlements from constant Russian strikes.