Casualties of Russian missile strike in Kharkiv Oblast rise
The number of people injured in a missile strike on a Kharkiv depot belonging to the Nova Poshta delivery company has increased to 16 people.
Source: Kharkiv Oblast Police press service
Details: Investigators, forensic scientists and bomb disposal experts continue to work at the site of the Russian attack.
As of 02:30 it is known that there were 22 people on the territory of the depot, of which 6 people were killed and 16 were injured.
Bomb disposal experts seized the wreckage of the S-300 missile. Investigators, along with forensic scientists and experts, inspect the bodies of the dead.
Investigators opened criminal proceedings under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war.
Background:
- On Saturday 21 October, a Russian missile hit a depot belonging to the Nova Poshta delivery company in Kharkiv Oblast, injuring 13 people and killing several others.
- A Russian missile hit the Kharkiv depot of Nova Poshta: the workers who were there had no chance or time to run to the shelter, as the air-raid warning was issued a second before the explosion.
- Earlier in the evening of 21 October, Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, and Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv, reported that Russian troops were launching missile attacks on Kharkiv.
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