{"id":120294,"date":"2023-10-22T21:21:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T21:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120294"},"modified":"2023-10-22T21:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T21:21:07","slug":"six-ukraine-postal-workers-killed-and-a-further-16-injured-in-terror-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/six-ukraine-postal-workers-killed-and-a-further-16-injured-in-terror-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Ukraine postal workers killed and a further 16 injured in \u2018terror\u2019 strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A furious Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday hit out at Russia after six postal workers were killed and a further 16 injured when a missile hit a mail distribution centre.<\/p>\n

The Ukraine president said the workers were killed when the Nova Poshta sorting office in the north-western city of Kharkiv was hit.<\/p>\n

He wrote on messaging service Telegram: \u201cA Russian missile struck a post terminal. Ordinary civilian object. Unfortunately, there are killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cPressure on the terrorist state must be increased. Every day, we must respond to Russian terror with our results on the frontlines. And we are doing exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He warned: \u201cTerror and murder will not get Russia anywhere. Terrorists will end up facing justice for everything they have done.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE <\/strong> Russia’s latest campaign turns into bloodbath with ‘90% casualtes increase’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pictures from the scene of the attack, uploaded on Mr Zelensky\u2019s account, showed the building with windows blown out.<\/p>\n

Oleh Syniehubov, Kharkiv\u2019s regional governor, said the victims all worked for the postal company. Police said 22 people were inside the building when the rocket struck.<\/p>\n

Mr Syniehubov said the victims were aged between 19 and 42, with some suffering shrapnel wounds from the blast. Writing on Telegram, he said the private delivery company was \u201cstrictly a civilian site\u201d, adding: \u201cThe Russians have inflicted more terror on Kharkiv\u2019s peaceful population.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia has not yet commented on the alleged missile strike, but has previously denied \u00adtargeting civilians during its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Mr Syniehubov said seven people were in hospital in a \u201cmoderate condition\u201d and seven men were in a \u201cserious condition\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kharkiv, which is Ukraine\u2019s second largest city, is only 19 miles from the border with Russia.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, its mayor Ihor Terekhov said Ukraine\u2019s first underground school would be built in the city to allow children to safely continue their in-person education.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere yesterday, there was a fresh blow for Vladimir Putin as a Russian military plane exploded as it took off from a remote airbase carrying a mystery cargo.<\/p>\n

The Il-76 burst into flames on the runway before rolling off the strip as the inferno spread.<\/p>\n

Footage showed the burning Russian defence ministry aircraft at Ayni airbase \u2013 also known as Gissar airbase \u2013 near Dushanbe, the capital of ex-Soviet republic Tajikistan.<\/p>\n