Zelenskyy on Serhiivka missile strike: A deliberate attack on residential building
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – FRIDAY, 1 JULY 2022, 20:45
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine is convinced that Russia deliberately launched an anti-ship missile on the apartment building in Serhiivka, in Odesa Oblast.
Source: Zelenskyy during a joint press briefing with the Norwegian Prime Minister in Kyiv on Friday, 1 July
Zelenskyy: "Today, the Russian army carried out another ruthless missile strike. A Russian missile – it was, by the way, a hypersonic anti-ship missile – hit an ordinary residential building in Odesa Oblast, in the village of Serhiivka. These X-22 missiles were created to attack aircraft carriers and other large military ships. Meanwhile, the Russian army has deployed it against an ordinary residential building, a nine-storey apartment building, full of ordinary civilians.
This is not a one-off attack and not an accidental hit, as the Russian media would have one believe. It was a deliberate missile strike carried out by Russia, Russian terror inflicted on our cities, our villages, and our people – adults and children alike."
Details: Zelenskyy said that Russia has already deployed nearly 3,000 missiles against Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
"This ruthlessness inherent in Russia’s actions only underscores how justified our partners’ decisions are to continue supporting Ukraine – first of all, with weapons," President Zelenskyy said.
Earlier:
- On the night of 30 June-1 July, Russia launched several missiles on Odesa Oblast. One of the missiles hit a nine-storey apartment building. Other missiles hit a recreation centre.
- Pivden (South) Operational Command reported that Russia launched three X-22 missiles on the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district in Odesa Oblast from the Black Sea.
- Odesa Oblast Military Administration said that 21 civilians were killed in the Russian missile strike on the village of Serhiivka.
