Russian attack on Kharkiv police claims life of colonel, injures 46
Russian Forces struck a police deployment point in Kharkiv on the evening of November 1, 2024, killing one officer and injuring 46 officers and four civilians, according to Ivan Vyhivskyy, the head of the National Police of Ukraine.
Law enforcement officials reported that Russians launched two S-300 missiles. The attack claimed the life of Police Colonel Andrii Matviienko.
Andrii Matviienko. Photo: Syniehubov on social mediaDmytro Chubenko, spokesperson for the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, stated that the missiles hit a densely populated residential area. The explosion shattered hundreds of windows in nearby buildings.
Law enforcement has opened a criminal case for violating the laws and customs of war under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticized Western allies for their passive stance on North Korea’s ballistic missile tests and the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia for the war against Ukraine.
Regarding Ukraine’s request for Tomahawk missiles, which appeared in the press, Zelenskyy emphasised it was confidential information between Kyiv and the White House.
“It was confidential information between Ukraine and the White House. How to understand these messages? So, it means, between partners, there are no confidential things,” he stated in an interview with media of Nordic countries.
Zelenskyy suggests that revealing Ukraine’s missile request, which is part of the classified Victory Plan annexe, without providing the aid shows allies’ uncertainty and intention to delay decisions.
“Any plan is strong when it is supported. If you want to publicly disclose some details of classified clauses that are in the plan, relating, for example, to missiles that we asked our partners for, then first say that you are providing them, and then tell everyone what is in the annex. Because when one of the partners first says what is in the annex, it shows that they don’t really want to give anything, thus postponing the decision,” he said during a conversation with the leaders of territorial communities and districts of Transcarpathia (westernmost Ukraine), writes Interfax-Ukraine.
