Russia massively strikes Ukraine's Kharkiv
Photo: Russians launched a series of strikes on Kharkiv (facebook.com/DSNSODE)
Russian troops launched a series of strikes on Kharkiv today, January 5. According to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, the Slobidskyi district of the city was initially targeted.
"Russia struck Kharkiv, preliminarily, the industrial zone of the Slobidskyi district," the mayor of Kharkiv says.
He later reported that Russia had launched another strike on the city, approximately in the same area. In total, according to him, there were four missile strikes on Kharkiv.
"Russia is striking the city of Kharkiv. The missile threat continues. Stay in shelters," says Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration.
According to him, the consequences of the Russian strikes are being assessed. No information about casualties has been received yet.
Russian strikes on Kharkiv
On January 2, Russians struck the center of Kharkiv with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles. The missiles hit a residential high-rise building, damaging a five-story building and part of the entrance to a four-story apartment building.
27 people were injured, and 6 casualties have been reported. A search and rescue operation is underway at the site of the Russian attack. According to local authorities, 5 people may have been trapped under the rubble.
Meanwhile, Russian propagandists spread claims that the missile strike on a residential building in Kharkiv was allegedly a provocation by Ukraine.
On the morning of January 1, Russian troops carried out a guided aerial bomb strike on the suburbs of Kharkiv. The explosion was heard in the city, and the aerial bomb hit the territory of an eco-park, injuring a 40-year-old woman.
As a result of the Russian air strike on the eco-park near Kharkiv, a volunteer was injured, and some of the facility's buildings were severely damaged. Animals, including lions, were also injured, and most of the birds were killed.
