Night shelling in Kharkiv: Damaged buildings and gas pipelines, casualties reported
Russians shelled the suburbs of Kharkiv and the city of Balakliia (photo: Getty Images)
On the night of Tuesday, January 23, the Russian military launched missiles at the outskirts of Kharkiv. The attack caused a fire on a gas pipeline, and there were casualties among civilians, according to Serhii Bolvinov, the head of the Investigative Department of the Main Department of the National Police in the Kharkiv region.
According to him, four missile strikes were recorded on the outskirts of Kharkiv. Residential buildings in the private sector were damaged.
"According to preliminary data, children suffered shrapnel wounds there, and one woman was also injured. In another area, the Russians destroyed a sanatorium school for sick children. One of the missiles hit a gas pipeline. All services are working on-site," Bolvinov noted.
He also added that the enemy shelled a health camp in Balakliya with two S-300 missiles.
Missile shelling on January 23
During the night of January 23, around 4:00 AM, a series of explosions occurred in Kharkiv.
Later, it became known that the Russian aggressor damaged a residential building.
