As the seemingly neverending war between Russia and Ukraine continues to unfold, reports of a recent Russian strike revealed that a high-ranking Ukrainian official had been killed as a result.
According to regional news sources, Russia launched two airstrikes on villages in eastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region over the weekend, resulting in the death of multiple people, including a Ukrainian Supreme Court judge.
A Russian drone reportedly struck the Supreme Court judge's vehicle while he was delivering humanitarian aid to local villagers.
The Ukrainian Supreme Court identified the deceased person as judge Leonid Loboyko.
Three women were in the vehicle with Loboyko when the Russian drone fired a missile at it. They were transported to a local hospital for treatment.
Loboyko, who was described by the country's Supreme Court as a "kind, wise, and compassionate person," worked in Ukraine's Criminal Cassation Court.
Russians killed Leonid Loboyko, a Supreme Court judge, by striking his car with an FPV drone in Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv region. pic.twitter.com/052yS1BFcE
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The airstrikes on the village killed others and heavily damaged property, according to the sources.
The outlet noted:
Three more men were killed and six people were injured in a separate strike on the nearby village of Slatyne several hours later, the Prosecutor’s Office said, with a shop, houses, and an educational institution all reportedly damaged by guided aerial bombs in the attack.
It added:
The Prosecutor’s Office announced it had opened investigations into both attacks for premeditated murder and the violation of the laws and customs of war, and that law enforcement agencies were taking “all possible and appropriate measures to document the war crimes committed by Russian forces”.
It was announced that the deadly attack came in the wake of another Russian drone attack on a hospital in the capital of Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region.
That attack resulted in numerous injuries and the death of at least 10 people, according to Ukrainian officials.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Russia for launching attacks on targets that include large numbers of civilians.
Zelensky is fresh off his trip to America where he managed to wrangle mountains more of military aid and weapons from the United States to continue fighting the Russian military.
