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Police dispel Russian fake about attack on Kharkiv

Police dispel Russian fake about attack on Kharkiv Police dispel Russian fake about attack on Kharkiv (photo: Getty Images)

This morning, Russia launched a missile attack on Kharkiv. After the incident, Russian propaganda began to claim two hundred dead, but their claims are fake, informs Serhii Bolvinov, Head of the National Police Investigation Department in Kharkiv region.

“Russian propaganda is lying about 200 dead in Kharkiv - the attack targeted the Kyiv district. Fortunately, there were no deaths; one civilian woman was injured, she has a closed fracture of the right hand,” he wrote.

Bolvinov clarified that the Russian military attacked the city with Iskander-M and hit one of the sports centers. There is a residential area nearby. A huge crater was left at the site of the attack on the open area.

Police dispel Russian fake about attack on Kharkiv

Russia launched a missile attack on Kharkiv

Police dispel Russian fake about attack on Kharkiv

Russia launched a missile attack on Kharkiv

The law enforcement representative also informed that the type of missile the enemy fired at civilians has been identified. In particular, it is a weapon that is used to hit command posts and underground bunkers.

“Instead, the Russians just hit us with it near a residential area. There were no soldiers nearby. We are working at the site of the hit, collecting evidence of the Russian army's war crime,” he summarized.

Residents heard several explosions in Kharkiv around 11:00.

The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration reported that at that time, according to preliminary data, there was a hit in the Kyivskyi district of the city. The enemy hit the ground and damaged the windows of a residential building.

He also added that according to medical reports, one person was injured. It is a 48-year-old woman who was hospitalized.