The strike destroyed a two-story residential building, a school and a shop, governor Oleh Synehubov and police said. Sitting on a pile of rubble that was once her home, 83-year-old resident Raisa Shapoval mourned the destruction and spoke out against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register “I want to tell him, please tell him he’s gone mad. He’s lost his mind. Is it possible to use all these rockets, bombs and rockets, now in the 21st century?” he said. The Kharkiv area is partially occupied by Russian troops, and Chuhuiv is only 6 kilometers from the Russian positions. “A woman was killed. She ran out of the house when she was hit, along with her husband. She was also killed. The man from the apartment right there was also killed,” Shapoval said. “Three people died. Why? Why? Because Putin went crazy?” Chuhuiv mayor Halyna Minaeva said the raids hit civilian infrastructure. “Today, there are many families who have lost the roof over their heads,” he said. A regional police official said Russia fired four rockets into the city from near the western city of Belgorod around 03:30 local time. Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24, denies targeting civilians in what it describes as a special military operation. Ukraine’s defense ministry spokesman said on Friday that only 30 percent of Russian airstrikes hit military targets, with the rest landing in civilian areas. That claim could not be verified by Reuters. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder in Kyiv. Edited by Mark Potter and Christina Fincher Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
