| April 2023 Uman missile strike | |
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| Part ofRussian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present) | |
.jpg) Uman after the Russian missile strike | |
 Interactive map of April 2023 Uman missile strike | |
| Location | 48°45′55.6″N30°12′55.4″E / 48.765444°N 30.215389°E /48.765444; 30.215389 Uman,Cherkasy Oblast,Ukraine |
| Date | 28 April 2023 4 a.m.[1] |
| Weapon | Kh-101/X-101 cruise missiles |
| Deaths | 23[2] |
| Injured | 9[2] |
| Perpetrators |  Russian Air Force |
During the night of 28 April 2023, around 4 a.m., Russia launched more than 20Kh-101/X-101 long rangemissile strikes against residential buildings inUman, Ukraine, during theRussian 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 theRusso-Ukrainian War. In one building, 27 out of 46 apartments were destroyed by the blast.[1]
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 theRussian Ministry of Defense of an image of a missile launch with the caption "right on target".[5]
Since Uman is the location ofRabbi Nachman of Breslov's grave, a popularpilgrimage site forHasidic Jews,Israel condemned this Russian attack.Ukrainian Foreign MinisterDmytro Kuleba said the bombardment shows the Kremlin does not want a peace deal.Czech PresidentPetr Pavel, who was at the time on an official visit inKyiv, concluded that the bombardment shows that Russia is intentionally targeting civilians in Ukraine.[3]
Matthew Hollingworth of theUnited 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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