Large-scale Russian attack on Kharkiv: 26 civilians injured, including teenagers and British journalist – photo
There were at least six strikes on the city of Kharkiv on Saturday evening. Civil infrastructure and houses were damaged, and 26 people are known to have been injured, including two teenagers and a British journalist.
Source: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko on Telegram
Quote from Terekhov: "A string of explosions in Kharkiv. At least five."
Quote from Syniehubov: "Attention, residents of [the city of] Kharkiv and the oblast: stay in shelters. The invaders are attacking!"
Details: Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force had reported the threat of ballistic missile strikes in Poltava, Kharkiv, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
Update: Syniehubov later added that the Russians had inflicted over six hits, particularly in the central part of Kharkiv.
"There is damage to civilian infrastructure. The relevant services are responding at the sites of the hits," the official said.
At the same time, Terekhov reported a hit to a residential building in the city centre.
"Severe damage, a fire has broken out. Information on casualties is being gathered. There is also severe damage to civilian infrastructure. More details later," the official noted.
At 19:56, Syniehubov reported that doctors were providing assistance to eight casualties, all of whom were taken to hospital. Four of the casualties are in a moderate condition, and the other four have only minor injuries.
"The occupiers hit the central part of the city of Kharkiv. Damage has been caused to civil infrastructure: a medical institution, apartment buildings, shops and other public places and transport. Exclusively civil infrastructure!" Syniehubov wrote.
Ukrainska Pravda reported that the Kharkiv Palace Hotel had been damaged.
At 20:23, Terekhov reported that, according to preliminary data, there were no casualties as a result of the attack.
At 20:23, Terekhov reported that according to preliminary information, no one was killed in the attack.
"At the moment, we have 14 casualties. According to preliminary information, 5 are already in hospital," his message said.
The number of casualties later rose to 16.
Syniehubov said eight people had been taken to hospital as of 20:30.
"A young man of 16 was hospitalised with shrapnel injuries due to the Russian attack on the apartment building. His condition is moderate," the official stated.
Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that a British journalist was also injured in the Russian bombardment of Kharkiv.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on the 24-hour newscast that "17 residents of Kharkiv and people who were injured in the hotel" had sought medical attention.
In particular, a foreign journalist was injured and is in hospital. Nine other people were taken to hospital.
"There was a hit to a hotel in central Kharkiv where some of those who sustained injuries had been staying. There was also a hit and explosions in a residential building, where there are also injured people and severe damage," the mayor said.
The Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported at 21:36 that 20 people, including children and a foreign citizen, had been injured in the Russian attack on the centre of Kharkiv.
The attack damaged a hotel, apartment buildings, a kindergarten, administrative buildings, shops, restaurants, retail outlets, vehicles belonging to civilians, etc.
Quote from the Prosecutor's Office: "To date, we know of 20 people that have been injured, including two boys aged 16 and 14, and a security adviser to a German media team, a British citizen. Nine of those injured were treated at the scene.
Early reports indicate that the Russians fired S-300 missiles on the city from Russia's Belgorod Oblast."
Update: At 22:18 the Prosecutor’s Office reported that the number of injured people had risen to 21.
By 23:57, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, the number of injured people had risen to 26.
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