A Russian missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv killed at least six people and wounded several more on Thursday, local authorities said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the "extremely brutal attack," which took place during peak traffic and not at night, as is usual.
The sound of 15 explosions reverberated around the city of some 1 million people. Kharkiv lies about 20 kilometres from the Russian border and has been a target of heavy shelling.
Russia's Defense Ministry reported several intercepted projectiles and drones in Belgorod near the Ukrainian border. No casualties were reported in the missile alert incident.
Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is in Lithuania discussing a new permanent force of Bundeswehr soldiers stationed in Lithuania amid domestic disputes over defense spending in Berlin.
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