Ukraine Russia war latest: Child among dead as dozens injured in Moscow strike on Kharkiv playground

At least five people, including a 14-year-old girl, have been killed in a reported Russian glide bomb attack on a multistorey apartment black in northeast Ukraine .

The daytime attack hit the 12-storey building and the playground in front of it, with multiple cars catching fire. Dozens of people were wounded.

"Occupiers killed a child right on the playground," local mayor Ihor Terekhov said on the Telegram messenger app.

Graphic footage showed swathes of the building on fire with residents heard screaming.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky reposted a video of the aftermath of the strike, using the incident to reiterate his calls for Kyiv ’s Western allies to allow Ukraine to strike deeper into Russian territory.

“The Russian strike on Kharkiv directly on people, on ordinary homes,” he wrote. “This strike was carried out using a Russian guided aerial bomb—a strike that could have been prevented if our Defence Forces had the capability to destroy Russian military aircraft at their bases.

“We need strong decisions from our partners to stop this terror.”