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Number of casualties rises in Kharkiv after Russian strike

Number of casualties rises in Kharkiv after Russian strike Illustrative photo: three people injured in Kharkiv (facebook/Serhii Kruk)
Author: Oleh Velhan

As a result of the Russian strike on Kharkiv on June 24, the number of injured has risen to three people.

This was reported by Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov, according to his statement.

"At the moment, there is information about three injured people," Terekhov reported.

According to him, Russian forces launched approximately seven Shahed drones at the city overnight. One of the drones fell without detonating.

"The others struck three locations, two of them in the private sector of the Nemyshlianskyi district, and one civilian facility in the Saltivskyi district," Terekhov added.

Emergency services continue working at the sites of the drone impacts.

Overnight attack on Ukraine, June 24

Russian forces once again attacked Kharkiv with strike drones during the night of June 24. The city’s mayor reported that one of the drones hit a private area near a hospital in the Nemyshlianskyi district.

Subsequent explosions were heard in the city. Notably, Kharkiv remains under constant Russian attack.

Russian forces also struck the Sumy region, where at least three people were killed.