Three people killed in Russian attack on Kharkiv, five wounded, toll could rise - police

Three people killed in Russian attack on Kharkiv, five wounded, toll could rise - police

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After Russian troops attacked Kharkiv, three people were killed, five were injured, and a large-scale fire broke out.

Today's strike by Russian troops in Kharkiv left three dead and five wounded, a large-scale fire broke out, and the number of victims and injured may be higher. This was reported by the head of the Investigation Department of the National Police in Kharkiv region, Serhiy Bolvinov, on Facebook on Wednesday, UNN reports.

Three dead and five wounded, a large-scale fire - Russians strike again in Kharkiv

- Bolvinov wrote.

Details

According to him, the enemy shelled the city around 1 p.m. "an eight-story building and a production workshop in Kholodnohirsk district were damaged." "The fire covered more than 1000 square meters. It was an ordinary printing house, a workshop for furniture and paint and varnish production," he noted.

"Among the injured are employees of the enterprise, two of them are in serious condition. The rescue operation and firefighting are underway. Unfortunately, the number of victims and injured may be higher," Bolvinov said.

He urged people to stay in shelters, as there is still a threat of repeated shelling.

Recall

Earlier, the head of the RMA, Oleg Sinegubov, reported that Russian troops had struck one of the districts of Kharkiv, and that there may be people under the rubble  .

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov indicated that a large fire broke out at the site of today's enemy strike in Kharkiv, and there are victims. Later, Terekhov clarified that five people were injured in a Russian strike on Kharkiv today.