Russians hit Kharkiv with missiles: there are victims, a five-story building is destroyed – photos

On the afternoon of Friday, January 2, Russians struck at Kharkiv, there are victims. About this reported mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov.

According to him, the occupiers attacked the center of Kharkiv. Later he said clarifiedreported that the Russians hit a multi-storey building in the Kyiv district.

According to preliminary information, there are victims and significant damage.

Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Sinegubov saidthe Ministry of Defense reported that one person was wounded. All emergency services are on their way to the site of the hit.

As of 14:51, 12 people were reported wounded, said Terekhov.

ADDED AT 15:23. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reportedthe Russians fired two missiles, according to preliminary data. The occupants hit a residential area. One of the houses was significantly damaged. The exact number of victims is still unknown.

Sinegubov clarifiedthe report said that a five-story building was hit. So far, 13 people have been reported injured. Six people were taken to the hospital, one woman is in serious condition.

As a result of the impact, the house was completely destroyed and a fire broke out. The glazing of windows and facades in the nearby buildings were also damaged.

ADDED AT 15:43. The number of victims has increased to 16. One person is in serious condition, said Terekhov.

Sinegubov he addedthe occupiers reportedly hit the building with ballistic missiles. There is information that there are still people under the rubble. Search operations are ongoing.

ADDED AT 16:10. Head of the OBA reportedreported that there are already 19 victims in Kharkiv, including a six-month-old child. The rest of the victims are between 20 and 79 years old.

Almost all of them had explosive wounds and glass injuries, and one person suffered severe stress.

ADDED at 17:13. In the Office of the Prosecutor General reportedthe number of victims increased to 25 people. Preliminary, the attack was carried out by two Iskander missiles. Residential buildings, shops, cafes, a supermarket, etc. were damaged.

ADDED at 17:45. Number of wounded increased up to 30.

ADDED at 18:47. According to the SES, suffered 31 people, 12 people were rescued.

A commercial and office building and part of the adjacent entrance of a 4-storey apartment building were destroyed.

• on January 1, Russians hit with a guided aerial bomb on an ecopark in the suburbs of Kharkiv. The strike injured a volunteer, killed birds and destroyed the ecopark's premises.