One dead, 44 wounded in Kharkiv attack, official says
One person is dead and 44 others wounded following a Russian missile attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv, a regional official said Tuesday.
“A 91-year-old woman died as a result of enemy rocket attacks on the center of Kharkiv,” Oleh Syniehubov, head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, said on Telegram.
“As of now, 44 victims are known. Among them are 5 children: 3 boys aged 9; girls 6 and 13 years old. The injured children have explosive injuries, bruises, acubarotraumas [contusions], acute reactions to stress,” he said.
Of the 44 people that were injured, 28 are in hospital.
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Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine has come under a “massive rocket attack” on Tuesday, the city’s mayor warned, urging civilians to remain within air raid shelters.
“There are several arrivals [of missiles] in the center of Kharkiv, in residential areas. There is a fire there now, rescuers have gone to the scene. Information about the victims is currently being clarified,” Igor Terekhov said on Telegram.
“We have information that needs to be clarified about 41 [people] wounded. There is also information about the dead — their number is being clarified,” he said.
Firefighters tackling blazes and people taking shelter in Kharkiv after a massive Russian attack on areas across Ukraine, on Dec. 30, 2023.
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He noted that Russia had previously struck Kharkiv with its next-generation Kinzhal (or “dagger”) hypersonic ballistic missiles but it was not confirmed whether these missiles were used in the latest attack. Officials in Kyiv said Kinzhal missiles had been fired at the capital earlier. CNBC was not able to immediately verify the claims.
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