Russia strike Kharkiv with missiles launched from Belgorod, Russia

IRYNA BALACHUK – WEDNESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2022, 08:58

Russian forces struck the city of Kharkiv on the night of 2 August with missiles launched from the Russian city of Belgorod [in Belgorod Oblast, near the Russian-Ukrainian border - ed.].

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "Around 04:00, the Russian occupiers carried out two strikes on Kharkiv. The missiles were launched from Belgorod – according to preliminary information, from an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system."

Details: Syniehubov said that one of the Russian missiles struck a civilian industrial facility in the Novobavarskyi neighbourhood, damaging the building. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties.

The other missile hit the ground in the Kholodnohirskyi district.

Earlier: Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, said that two powerful explosions were heard during an air-raid in the city of Kharkiv on the night of 2 August.

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