The mother wept when she saw the body of her 15-year-old Ukrainian son, who had been killed in a Russian missile attack, on the following day, October 31, 2014. Three people were killed and more than 30 were injured on the night of October 30.

　　The mother wept when she saw the body of her 15-year-old Ukrainian son, who had been killed in a Russian missile attack, on the following day, October 31, 2014. A Ukrainian police officer stood by her side and comforted the weeping mother. In the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, there was shelling of buildings by Russia, and according to local authorities, at least three people were killed and more than 30 people were injured on the night of October 30, 2024.

　According to Ukrainian authorities, a guided bomb, a powerful weapon widely used by the Russian military, hit a building in the city of Kharkiv and destroyed several floors of the building. The prosecutor's office announced that three people had died and 35 had been injured. The initial death toll included one child, but on October 31 rescue workers found the bodies of two more boys, aged 12 and 15. Kharkiv is often targeted by Russian bombing raids and is less than 30km from the Russian border.

　　The body of the 15-year-old boy was first removed from the rubble of the destroyed 9-story apartment building. The rescue team was trying to remove the body of another 12-year-old boy who lived on the first floor of the building with his grandfather and grandmother, and the rescue workers were clearing away the rubble of the destroyed apartment building. The 12-year-old boy had a head injury and fracture, and despite pulling him out from under the rubble, he could not be saved. On the night of October 30, Russian troops attacked a multi-storey building in the Saltyvskyi district of Kharkiv, partially destroying one of the entrances. The number of injured people, including children, reached 36. 

Warning: Ukrainian law enforcement officers comfort a woman crying over the body of her 15-year-old son following a missile attack in Kharkiv on Thursday.(AFP-JIJI)