Four people were killed and at least 40 wounded as a result of a rocket attack by Russian troops on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
Four people have been killed and at least 40 injured, including three minors and a policeman, as a result of today's rocket attack by Russian troops on Kharkiv, the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office said on Tuesday, UNN reports.
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According to the investigation, on January 23 at 4:00 a.m., the enemy launched a rocket attack on the Kyiv district of Kharkiv. Residential buildings, a building of a sanatorium boarding school, and a gas pipeline were damaged.
A 15-year-old boy received cuts from the glass, he refused hospitalization. A 71-year-old woman was injured and taken to hospital.
At 7 a.m., the Russian armed forces again attacked Kharkiv with missiles, namely Kyiv and Saltovsky districts, the prosecutor's office said.
As of now, four people have been reported dead: two men and two women. At least 40 people were injured, including three underage girls aged 11, 14, 17 and a police officer
The data is being clarified and the rescue operation is ongoing.
In both districts of the city, as noted, civilian infrastructure, including apartment and private residential buildings, a shopping center, a garage cooperative, cars, a fire station, etc. were significantly destroyed and damaged.
Previously, the enemy fired at the city with X-32 and S-300 missiles from the territory of the Belgorod region of Russia.
Pre-trial investigations into the violation of the laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) have been launched.