Serhiivka missile strike | |
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Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Location | Serhiivka, Serhiivka settlement hromada, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 46°01′24″N 30°21′25″E / 46.0234359°N 30.3569191°E |
Date | 1 July 2022 01:00 AM [1] ( UTC+3) |
Target | Residential building and recreation facility |
Attack type | Missile strike |
Deaths | 21 (including 1 child) [2] |
Injured | 38 (including 6 children) [2] |
Perpetrators | Russian Air Force |
On 1 July 2022, at 01:00 am ( UTC+3), a Russian missile hit a residential building and two missiles hit a recreational center in Serhiivka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast. [2] [3] The missile strike killed at least 21 people (including a 12-year-old boy). [2] July 2 was declared a day of mourning in the region.
According to preliminary information, three Tu-22M3 aircraft of the Russian Air Force flew from Volgograd Oblast to Crimea, [4] and after 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) fired three Kh-22s, supersonic anti-ship missiles designed for use against aircraft carriers, in the direction of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district to the resort Serhiivka village.
One missile hit a 9-story residential building, completely destroying one section. [5] The fire spread from the apartment building to the attached store.
The second missile hit a recreation center in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi region. The fire did not start at the recreation center.[ citation needed]
As a result of these strikes, a rehabilitation center for children administered by Moldova in the village was hit. One of its workers died and five others were injured. [6]
According to preliminary data, at least 16 Ukrainian civilians were killed in the residential building and at least 5 (including a 12 year old boy) in the recreation center. 38 were injured (including 6 children). [1] In addition to people, pets also have died. [2]
2 July was declared a day of mourning in the region. [7] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova condemned the attack and gave information about the damages the Moldovan rehabilitation center had suffered. [6] Romania also condemned the attack, and said that the Romanian authorities would be in contact with its Moldovan partners. [8]
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy accused Russia of having committed "an act of conscious, deliberately targeted Russian terror – and not some kind of mistake." [9] He noted that as in the recent Kremenchuk shopping mall attack, the Russian army used unnecessarily powerful weapons to strike a civilian object: "These missiles, Kh-22, were designed to destroy aircraft carriers and other large warships, and the Russian army used them against an ordinary nine-story building with ordinary civilian people." [10] [11]
Official representative of Germany Steffen Hebestreit described the missile strike as an "inhumane and cynical" war crime. [12]
A spokesman of the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskov, denied that Russia was attacking civilian objects in Ukraine and said that the targeted buildings were used for military purposes. [10] [11] Amnesty International visited the locations and studied satellite imagery, finding no evidence that the targeted buildings were used by the military. [10] [13]
Serhiivka missile strike | |
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Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Location | Serhiivka, Serhiivka settlement hromada, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 46°01′24″N 30°21′25″E / 46.0234359°N 30.3569191°E |
Date | 1 July 2022 01:00 AM [1] ( UTC+3) |
Target | Residential building and recreation facility |
Attack type | Missile strike |
Deaths | 21 (including 1 child) [2] |
Injured | 38 (including 6 children) [2] |
Perpetrators | Russian Air Force |
On 1 July 2022, at 01:00 am ( UTC+3), a Russian missile hit a residential building and two missiles hit a recreational center in Serhiivka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast. [2] [3] The missile strike killed at least 21 people (including a 12-year-old boy). [2] July 2 was declared a day of mourning in the region.
According to preliminary information, three Tu-22M3 aircraft of the Russian Air Force flew from Volgograd Oblast to Crimea, [4] and after 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) fired three Kh-22s, supersonic anti-ship missiles designed for use against aircraft carriers, in the direction of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district to the resort Serhiivka village.
One missile hit a 9-story residential building, completely destroying one section. [5] The fire spread from the apartment building to the attached store.
The second missile hit a recreation center in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi region. The fire did not start at the recreation center.[ citation needed]
As a result of these strikes, a rehabilitation center for children administered by Moldova in the village was hit. One of its workers died and five others were injured. [6]
According to preliminary data, at least 16 Ukrainian civilians were killed in the residential building and at least 5 (including a 12 year old boy) in the recreation center. 38 were injured (including 6 children). [1] In addition to people, pets also have died. [2]
2 July was declared a day of mourning in the region. [7] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova condemned the attack and gave information about the damages the Moldovan rehabilitation center had suffered. [6] Romania also condemned the attack, and said that the Romanian authorities would be in contact with its Moldovan partners. [8]
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy accused Russia of having committed "an act of conscious, deliberately targeted Russian terror – and not some kind of mistake." [9] He noted that as in the recent Kremenchuk shopping mall attack, the Russian army used unnecessarily powerful weapons to strike a civilian object: "These missiles, Kh-22, were designed to destroy aircraft carriers and other large warships, and the Russian army used them against an ordinary nine-story building with ordinary civilian people." [10] [11]
Official representative of Germany Steffen Hebestreit described the missile strike as an "inhumane and cynical" war crime. [12]
A spokesman of the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskov, denied that Russia was attacking civilian objects in Ukraine and said that the targeted buildings were used for military purposes. [10] [11] Amnesty International visited the locations and studied satellite imagery, finding no evidence that the targeted buildings were used by the military. [10] [13]