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A Ukrainian emergency consequence squad useful nan tract of 1 of a number of Russian rocket strikes that deed nan downtown of nan bluish metropolis of Chernihiv early Tuesday sidesplitting astatine slightest 14 group and injuring much than 60, including 2 children. Photo by Ukraine State Emergency Service/EPA-EFE
April 17 (UPI) -- Russian rocket strikes targeting nan bluish Ukrainian metropolis of Chernihiv early Wednesday killed astatine slightest 14 group and injured much than 60 including 2 children, authorities said.
A 25-year-old off-duty female constabulary officer was among those killed successful nan onslaught targeting civilian and societal infrastructure successful downtown districts of nan city, 95 miles northeast of nan capital, Kyiv, reported Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko saying that 3 group remained missing and informing that nan decease toll could emergence successful nan unfolding rescue effort.
National Police of Ukraine named her successful a social media post arsenic Inspector Alina Mykolaets who had been successful nan work since June. She died from a shrapnel coiled sustained astatine location wherever she was recuperating from an illness, according to nan force.
Appealing for group to donate blood, Chernihiv Regional Military Administration caput Vyacheslav Chaus said a bid halfway had been group up and rescuers and medics were moving each retired to woody pinch nan aftermath of what he said were "three force rocket strikes almost successful nan halfway of nan city."
"There are dormant civilians, location are galore wounded. Rescuers and medics are moving now. All basal assistance is being provided," he wrote on societal media.
The president's agency said nan onslaught razed an eight-story building and damaged 4 different high-rise buildings, a hospital, a higher acquisition institution and dozens of cars.
Offering his condolences to nan victims' families, President Volodymyr Zelensky utilized nan incident to double down connected his plea for "sufficient" subject assistance and support from nan United States and Europe.
"This would not person happened if Ukraine had received a capable number of aerial defense systems and if nan world's determination to antagonistic Russian panic had been sufficient," he said successful a station connected X.
"Terrorists tin only destruct lives if they first intimidate those who tin extremity panic and prevention lives. Determination matters. Support matters. The Ukrainian determination is sufficient. There must beryllium arsenic capable determination from our partners and, arsenic a result, capable support."
Zelensky's comments came amid signs of activity connected a $60 cardinal overseas assistance supplemental backing package that has been stalled successful Congress for 4 months pinch House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., saying Monday that representatives would ballot this week connected two abstracted assistance packages for Israel and Ukraine, successful consequence to "precipitating events astir nan globe."
However, Johnson's maneuver provided caller impetus to an soul statement mutiny against him pinch Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., connected Tuesday publically signing up to an effort by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga., to unit a ballot connected his speakership.
