“Twenty-one people were injured, including a 17-year-old girl and an 8-year-old girl,” Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on Telegram on Sunday, adding that eight people were hospitalized, two of them in serious condition.
The strike took place on Saturday evening in one of the neighborhoods. Kharkiv North East Ukrainethe city near the border with Russia Its population was 1.4 million before the war, according to Agence France-Presse.
And is exposed Kharkiv Periodically bombed since the beginning Russian invasion Early 2022.
The Ukrainian President said Volodymyr Zelensky On social media, Russia “targeted a regular knife building with air bombs.”
Sinegubov explained that dozens of residents were sleeping when the strike occurred, noting that two other residential buildings were damaged.
During the night, rescue workers equipped with flashlights worked in the rubble of one of the damaged buildings, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
The bombing shattered the building’s windows and left gaps in some walls.
Outside, some cars were crushed by falling tree branches, while others were completely burned and charred.
Inside some apartments, there was debris of glass, wood and metal, sometimes stained with blood, on the floor.
Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov, who attended the scene, confirmed that the target was civilian.
“There are no soldiers here,” Terekhov said, adding, “Every day, every night, Kharkiv is being hit.”
And announced Ukrainian Air ForceOn Sunday, Russian forces launched two missiles and 80 drones during the night, most of which were shot down.
In response to the Kharkiv attack, he called for Zelensky Western allies are once again calling on Ukraine to use long-range weapons to target the Russian depth.
