Death toll in Kharkiv rises to 10: 2 more bodies found under rubble

The death toll in Kharkiv after a Russian missile attack on Tuesday 23 January has risen to ten people, with two more bodies being recovered from the rubble.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration; Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv 

Quote from Terekhov: "Two more bodies were found under the rubble of a house in the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv, which was attacked by the Russian aggressor [state] yesterday morning – a man and a woman who lived on the ground floor of the destroyed entrance."

Details: Terekhov said that rescuers are now trying to retrieve the bodies.

Syniehubov specified that they were a 57-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman.

Background: 

• Around 04:00 and 07:20 on Tuesday morning, Russia struck the Kyivskyi and Saltivskyi districts of Kharkiv with Kh-22 missiles.
• As of 23 January, eight people were reported to have been killed in the missile strike.

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