One dead, almost 30 injured in Russian strike on Kharkiv

A Russian guided bomb attack on an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, killed one person, a child, and injured 29, Kharkiv Regional Governor Oleg Synegoubov said on Telegram.

Kharkiv lies around 30km from the Russian border and has been pounded by Russian aerial attacks throughout the two-and-a-half-year war.

Earlier, Mr Synegoubov said that at least three people were "under the rubble", including a woman and a child.

"Rescuers are trying to get them out," he said.

Other people were trapped in the upper floors of the building, the city's mayor Igor Terekhov said.

The airstrike destroyed several floors, he added.

Video circulating online showed a gaping hole in the facade of the tall building.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on his Western allies to take action in response to the strike.

"Every decision they delay means at least dozens or even hundreds of such Russian bombs against Ukraine. Their decisions mean the lives of our people," he said on Telegram.

Mr Zelensky has called for Western countries to provide Ukraine with better defences, particularly long-range weapons.