Russian missile hits six-storey apartment building in Kharkiv

MONDAY, 11 JULY 2022, 04:50

A Russian missile has hit a six-storey apartment building in central Kharkiv.

Source: State Emergency Service in Kharkiv Oblast on Facebook; Suspilne

Details: The building has been partially destroyed. As of 04:30, rescuers were able to rescue one elderly woman. They are continuing to clear away the rubble.

Three explosions were heard in Kharkiv the early morning of 11 July, the first one at around 03:32.

Quote from the SES (as of 07:00): "Last night, Kharkiv suffered another three missile attacks. One missile hit a six-storey residential building in the Osnovianskyi district. One of the entrances and all the flats that could be accessed through it were completely destroyed in the explosion.

SES workers were able to recover an 86-year-old woman from under the rubble – she lives in an apartment on the first floor. Fortunately, there were no casualties or fatalities. Rescue and search operations are continuing at the scene of the missile strike.

Another two missiles hit a yard near a storage depot in the Osnovianskyi district and a school in the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv."

Details: Air-raid sirens sounded in Kharkiv between 00:23 and 04:22.