Russian bomb attack on Kharkiv kills seven including child in playground

Fourteen-year-old girl among the dead with at least 77 injured; Zelenskiy fires head of Ukraine’s air force after fatal F-16 crash|

A Russian bomb attack on Ukraine’s north-eastern city of Kharkiv hit a residential building and a playground, killing seven people and injuring at least 77 more, local authorities said. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said a 14-year-old girl was among the dead. The death toll from the attack climbed to seven when a woman’s body was recovered from the rubble. About 20 of the injured were in severe condition, said the regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov. Ukrainian authorities said the attack involved five aerial guided “glide bombs” launched from planes in Russia’s Belgorod region