Russian guided bombs damage over 40 homes and injure four children
Russia launched attack on Kharkiv (illustrative photo) (Photo: REUTERS/Stringer)
Russian launched guided aerial bombs at the Kharkiv Kholodnohirskyi district, damaging more than 40 private homes and a warehouse, regional governor Oleh Synehubov reported on June 19.
7:48 a.m. update: The number of injured in Kharkiv has risen to nine people, four of whom are children, Mayor Ihor Terekhov clarified.
The children suffered acute stress reactions.
Five people were initially reported injured in the attack.
A fire broke out at the site of the strike.
More than 40 private homes were damaged as a result of the attack.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov earlier shared the update via Telegram.
"There are casualties following the CAB strike on the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv. Their number and condition are being clarified," he wrote.
According to the mayor, a further inspection of the territory adjacent to the shelling site is now underway.
On June 17, Kharkiv declared a day of mourning and laid to rest five emergency service workers who were killed in a double-tap Russian strike.
That tragedy occurred overnight on June 15. Russian occupiers launched a targeted repeat strike on the location where rescuers were mitigating the consequences of a previous hostile attack and assisting the civilian population.
During that same June 15 attack on the city's Kholodnohirskyi district, nine more firefighters sustained injuries of varying severity. The total number of casualties from the treacherous night shelling of Kharkiv on June 15 rose to 13 people. Among the wounded civilians was a baby girl who was only one month old.
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