Five employees of the local branch of the Kharkiv Regional Centre for Disease Control and Prevention were killed in a Russian air strike on Izium in the Kharkiv region on 29 October. Their bodies were found after the rubble was cleared.
This was reported by Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.
"In Izium, five employees of the Izium branch of the Kharkiv Centre for Disease Control and Prevention were killed as a result of enemy guided aerial bombs hitting the area," the statement said.
Yesterday, 29 October, Russian forces struck the historic and residential district of Nyzhnie Misto in Izium with three guided aerial bombs. As well as those killed, another 14 people were injured in the attack. They were given medical assistance.
The buildings of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, outbuildings, and more than 20 private homes were also damaged.
- On the morning of 30 October, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv and two settlements in the Bohodukhiv district with drones. A transport company and a shopping centre were damaged, and four people were injured.