| April 2023 Uman missile strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure | |
 Uman after the Russian missile strike | |
| Location | Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 48°45′0″N 30°13′0″E / 48.75°N 30.216667°ECoordinates: 48°45′0″N 30°13′0″E / 48.75°N 30.216667°E |
| Date |
28 April 2023 4 a.m.[1] |
| Weapon | Kh-101/X-101 cruise missiles |
| Deaths | 23[2] |
Non-fatal injuries | 9[2] |
| Assailants |
 Russia |
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During the night of 28 April 2023, around 4 a.m., Russia launched more than 20 Kh-101/X-101 long range missile strikes against residential buildings in Uman, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][1][4] 23 civilians were killed, including three children, while nine were injured.[2] Uman was located 200 miles away from any front line in the Russo-Ukrainian War. In one building, 27 out of 46 apartments were destroyed by the blast.[1]
Events[]
Russia said it was "aiming for the reserve units and used high-precision weapons" in Uman, but no military casualties were recorded among the dead.[4] The airstrike was quickly followed by a Telegram post by the Russian Ministry of Defense of an image of a missile launch with the caption "right on target".[5]
Since Uman is the location of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov's grave, a popular pilgrimage site for Hasidic Jews, Israel condemned this Russian attack. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the bombardment shows the Kremlin does not want a peace deal. Czech President Petr Pavel, who was at the time on an official visit in Kyiv, concluded that the bombardment shows that Russia is intentionally targeting civilians in Ukraine.[3]
Matthew Hollingworth of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs condemned the attack which killed civilians sleeping in their homes, in a city far from the front line.[6]
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See also[]
- April 2023 Sloviansk airstrike
- Russian war crimes
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robertson, Nic; Stapleton, AnneClaire; Avdeeva, Maria (29 April 2023). "Children among at least 23 killed in early-morning Russian strike on Ukrainian apartment block". CNN. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify
|archiveurl=, you must also specify|archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20230505182712/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/28/europe/russian-strike-apartment-block-uman-intl/index.html. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cherkasy: 23 killed and nine injured in Russian air strike on Uman, 28 April". OCHA. 28 April 2023. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify
|archiveurl=, you must also specify|archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20230506055518/https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/cherkasy-23-killed-and-nine-injured-russian-air-strike-uman-28-april. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "21 killed in Russian missile attack on Ukraine's Uman". Times of Israel. 28 April 2023. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify
|archiveurl=, you must also specify|archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20230502111712/https://www.timesofisrael.com/21-killed-in-russian-missile-attack-on-ukraines-uman/. - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ukraine war: 25 dead as Russian missiles hit cities". BBC News. 28 April 2023. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify
|archiveurl=, you must also specify|archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20230505131019/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65421341. - ↑ Rosa, Andrea; Arhirova, Hanna; Rising, David (28 April 2023). "Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine kills 23 people". Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-missile-attack-54c9ceec1418a0780aa0cee1427a540d.
- ↑ "UN condemns 'inexcusable' deadly airstrikes in Ukraine". UN News. 28 April 2023. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify
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