Kharkiv under artillery fire — Mayor

Alona Mazurenko — Monday, 15 August 2022, 23:33

Ihor Terekhov, the Mayor of Kharkiv said that the Russian aggressors were shelling the city with artillery and called on everyone to stay in shelters.

Source: Ihor Terekhov in Telegram

Quote: "Kharkiv is under artillery fire again. Currently, [Russian troops are firing on] Kyivskyi district. I call on everyone to be cautious, to follow the rule of two walls [it is much safer for people to stay in the space between two walls during artillery and rocket attacks, - ed.]."

Details: Kharkiv residents used social networks to report that the city came under fire at about 23:00.

Background:

• On 15 August, Russian occupiers hit the Saltivka neighbourhood of Kharkiv. Five people were injured, two of them were in a critical condition, and one person was treated on the spot. A woman injured in the attack died in hospital.
• On the night of 14 August, Russian forces hit the building of an industrial facility in Kharkiv, damaged an infrastructure facility and an industrial plant in Merefa, and carried out an attack on Chuhuiv.

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