From 1h ago 17.22 BST Twelve children among 38 wounded by Russian strike in Ukraine Ukrainian officials said at least 38 people, including 12 children, were wounded in a Russian missile strike on Tuesday which an officer said targeted a military funeral in the north-eastern Kharkiv region. Updated at 18.15 BST1h ago 17.22 BST Twelve children among 38 wounded by Russian strike in Ukraine Ukrainian officials said at least 38 people, including 12 children, were wounded in a Russian missile strike on Tuesday which an officer said targeted a military funeral in the north-eastern Kharkiv region. Updated at 17.32 BST2h ago 16.27 BST Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that 185,000 new recruits had joined the Russian army as professional contract soldiers since the start of the year. However, on Monday, Ella Panfilova, who chairs Russia’s central election commission, told the Russian president, Vladimir Putin: “Since the situation is really difficult, anything can happen. Photograph: RFE/RL/Serhii Nuzhnenkorl/ReutersUpdated at 13.51 BST5h ago 13.01 BST Russian shelling wounded 12 people, including five children, in the small town of Pervomaisk in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Tuesday, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said.

Source: The Guardian July 04, 2023 17:16 UTC