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Russians shell Kharkiv Region, there are dead, wounded (updated)

The invaders hit a car and a private house, and an incoming attack was recorded in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv. 

Russians shell Kharkiv Region, there are dead, wounded (updated)
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Photo: Press service of Main Department of National Police in Kharkiv Region

Today at 10:00 a.m., Russians struck a car and a private house with multiple rocket launchers in Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv district, Kharkiv Region. There are some casualties. On the outskirts of Kharkiv, in the Kyiv district, there was also a hit on civilian infrastructure.

This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Synyehubov and the mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov.

The shelling killed a civilian man and woman who were in a car.

Three other cars near the hit site also caught fire, injuring a 77-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman. 

In total, two people were killed in Zlochev and six were wounded, including an 11-year-old boy. A 64-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman, both local residents, were killed in a car in the area of the enemy's shell hit.

A 74-year-old woman and a 77-year-old civilian man were hospitalised with explosive injuries. Their condition is assessed as moderate. A 35-year-old wounded man with a mild condition was treated on an outpatient basis.

A 50-year-old man, a 41-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy were also injured, the head of the RMA added.

Administrative premises, the Oschadbank building, more than 20 cars were damaged, and a private house was destroyed.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that Russian shelling hit a private house on the outskirts of the city.

‘According to preliminary information, a hit occurred in a private house on the outskirts of the city. As for the victims and damage, it is being clarified,’ he wrote in a telegram.

Earlier, Terekhov reported that an explosion was heard in the city and there was a threat of repeated hits.

Terekhov said that a detailed inspection of the arrival site in Kharkiv revealed damage to ten private households. As of 11.00 a.m., there were no deaths or injuries.

Addendum. At 11.13 a.m., Synyehubov reported that during the latest hostile shelling of Kharkiv, a hit was recorded in the Kyivskyy district of the city. Civilian infrastructure was damaged. There were no casualties.

Also at 10:30 there were three enemy strikes with KABs between the villages of Liptsy and Vesele village. Preliminary reports indicate no casualties.

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