Russian strikes wound 21 in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
Kharkiv sits close to Ukraine’s border with Russia, and has been a frequent target attacks since Moscow launched its all-out invasion
Russian launched new strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise blocks of flats, leaving at least 21 wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack.
The bombs fell Saturday night on the district of Shevchenkivsky, north of the centre of Kharkiv, which is the second-largest Ukrainian city, local Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. Nine residential buildings sustained varying degrees of damage, including 16- and nine-story buildings, he added.
The wounded included an 8-year-old child, according to Syniehubov and Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov. Terekhov said that 60 residents were evacuated from one of the buildings.
Kharkiv has been a frequent target of Russian attacks since Moscow launched its all-out invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in February, 2022.
The attack came after another late on Friday that wounded 15 people, including children ages 10 and 12, as Russian air strikes hit three Kharkiv neighbourhoods, Terekhov said.
Ukrainian officials said that KAB-type aerial glide bombs – a retrofitted Soviet weapon that has for months laid waste to eastern Ukraine – were used in both attacks.
