Russian missile strike on Kharkiv: Death toll rises
The number of casualties in Kharkiv due to Russian night shelling has increased. There may be more people under the rubble of the destroyed building, according to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov and Kharkiv Regional Military Administration head Oleg Syniehubov.
In the morning, the body of another killed was found under the rubble of a destroyed five-story building in Kharkiv. According to the mayor, 4 more people may be under the rubble.
This brings the number of victims in Kharkiv to 4. 3 people were killed when a five-story building was struck by Russia. The third to fifth floors were partially destroyed. Twenty-five people were injured, including two children - a boy and a girl aged 12.
A man born in 1959 also was killed as a result of a Russian rocket hitting the ground on the territory of the enterprise.
Updated at 9:35 a.m.
Syniehubov says that rescuers managed to unblock the body of another victim. This brings the total number of killed by the Russian attack to five.
Photo: The number of victims of the night attack in Kharkiv has increased (t.me/ihor_terekhov)
Photo: The number of victims of the night attack in Kharkiv has increased (t.me/ihor_terekhov)
Russian night attack on Ukraine
Last night, Russians attacked Kharkiv, firing five S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft missiles from the Belgorod region.
In addition, the Russian occupiers launched four kamikaze drones. Ukrainian Air Defense Forces shot them down in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro regions.
Russia also attacked Kyiv with an Iskander-K cruise missile, which was destroyed. However, the wreckage of the downed missile fell in the Ukraine's capital. A fire broke out, damaging a service station, car wash, cars, and a warehouse. A transformer substation was destroyed in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv as a result of the Russian attack.