Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Wednesday again called on his country’s Western allies to “accelerate the delivery” of F-16 fighter jets and transfer more Patriot air defense systems after the deadly Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, France reported. Presse and Agerpres agencies.

Volodymyr ZelenskyiPhoto: Presidency of Ukraine/President of Ukraine / Zuma Press / Profimedia

“Strengthening Ukraine’s air defense and speeding up the delivery of F-16s to Ukraine are vital tasks,” he wrote on the social network. “There is no rational justification to explain why the Patriots, of which there are many in the world, still do not cover the skies of Kharkiv and other cities that were attacked by Russian terrorists,” Zelenskyy added.

Several Russian strikes on Wednesday left at least three people dead and around 30 injured, mostly in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.

In Kharkiv, which had a population of almost one and a half million before the war, Russian bombing killed at least one person and injured 18, including four children, after hitting civilian targets, local authorities said, as quoted by AFP.

According to the first information of the Prosecutor General’s Office, during the day, two powerful bombs fired from an airplane damaged residential buildings, a school and a kindergarten.

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