Russians hit recreation area in Kharkiv Oblast, killing 1 and wounding 2 others – photos

One person has been killed and two others injured as a result of Russian attacks on Zmiiv hromada in Kharkiv Oblast on the night of 2-3 June [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.].  

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office on Telegram.

Quote from Syniehubov: "The occupiers launched large-scale missile attacks on Zmiiv hromada after midnight – there were at least five of them. As a result, a recreation centre was hit and one civilian was killed. The details are being confirmed."

Details: Two more civilians, a man and a woman, were wounded.

The attack damaged the buildings at the recreation centre.

Later, Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office clarified that the Russians had attacked a recreation centre in the village of Dachne, Chuhuiv district. A fire broke out there.

As a result of the Russian attack, a 45-year-old man, who was an internally displaced person from Donetsk Oblast, was killed. 

Two employees of the recreation centre were injured:a 35-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man. 

"Preliminary reports indicate that Russian troops attacked the settlement with five S-300 missiles fired from the territory of the Belgorod Oblast of Russia. A pre-trial investigation has been initiated into the violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder (Art. 438.2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the Prosecutor's Office said.

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