Three people were killed in Ukraine as a result of Russian airstrikes, while flights at Moscow's Vnukovo airport were temporarily halted due to a failed drone attack, officials confirmed on Sunday.
The airstrikes, carried out by Russia, targeted Ukraine's Kharkiv region, resulting in the deaths of two individuals and injuries to four others, according to Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the local regional military administration. Additionally, a woman in her 80s was killed in Russia-held Donetsk, as reported by Alexei Kulemzin, the city's Russia-appointed mayor.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his outrage at the incident, stating that a guided air bomb had struck a blood transfusion center in the Kharkiv region. In a message on Telegram, Zelensky wrote, "Russia's guided air bomb against a blood transfusion center in Ukraine. This evening, Kupiansk community in Kharkiv region. Dead and wounded are reported. My condolences! Our rescuers are extinguishing the fire."
Zelensky further condemned the attack, describing it as a war crime that exemplifies Russian aggression. He criticized the perpetrators as "beasts that destroy everything that simply allows [people] to live" and emphasized the importance of defeating terrorists as a matter of honor for those who value life.
In a separate incident, Moscow's Vnukovo airport had to temporarily suspend flights on Sunday morning after a drone was shot down near the city. The Russian defense ministry stated that the drone was intercepted by their air defense systems over the suburbs of Moscow in the Podolsk region.
While Ukrainian authorities typically refrain from commenting on drone attacks, they have not claimed responsibility for this latest attempted attack. It is worth noting that flights were also halted on July 30 when two drones crashed in the Moscow business district after being jammed by defense systems.
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