Rescuers search rubble after two S-300 missiles hit the centre of Ukraine’s second-biggest metropolis.
Not less than 17 individuals have been injured, two of them significantly, after Russian missiles hit residential buildings within the metropolis of Kharkiv.
Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov stated that two S-300 missiles hit buildings within the centre of Ukraine’s second-biggest metropolis late on Tuesday night time, and 14 individuals had been despatched to hospital.
“Two ladies are in a severe situation,” he stated in a publish on Telegram.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov stated the missiles struck “exactly the place there is no such thing as a army infrastructure and exactly the place there are in actual fact residences”.
“There are at the least 10 broken buildings. Rescue groups are persevering with to undergo the rubble,” he wrote on Telegram. “And there may be loads of rubble.”
Ukraine’s Emergency Companies stated one of many missiles hit a three-storey constructing that had beforehand housed a medical centre.
Kharkiv lies simply 30km (19 miles) from the border with Russia in Ukraine’s northeast and has come below frequent bombardment since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of the nation in February 2022.
There was no speedy remark from Moscow on the assault on Kharkiv however the Defence Ministry stated its air defences destroyed seven Ukrainian missiles and 4 drones over Russia’s Belgorod area about 80km (50 miles) from Kharkiv.
The area’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, stated there have been no speedy stories of casualties.
Russian forces superior throughout swathes of the Kharkiv area shortly after invading Ukraine however have been pushed again in a fast Ukrainian advance in September 2022.
