Russian airstrikes on the city in central Ukraine killed at least 23 people on Thursday. The late-morning bombings, hundreds of kilometers from the front lines in a part of the country that has so far been relatively free of war, intervened as preparations were underway for a conference on crimes in The Hague. Ukraine.
In Vinnytsia, images released by Ukrainian emergency services showed dozens of charred bodies and a ten-story building ravaged by the explosion and subsequent fire.
According to the Ukrainian military, “three missiles” hit the parking lot and this commercial building in the center of the city, housing offices and small businesses. Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said they were fired from submarines in the Black Sea.
“act of terrorism”
“Every day Russia is killing civilians, killing Ukrainian children, firing missiles at civilian targets with no military presence. If this is not an outright act of terrorism, what is?” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said immediately after the strike.
For its part, the European Union condemned the bombing in “the strongest terms”. He blasted Russia’s “barbaric behavior.”
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