Russia used Iskander missiles to hit Kharkiv railway station, number of casualties rises – photos

Early reports indicate that Russian troops fired two Iskander-M missiles on the village of Budy in Kharkiv Oblast. The strike killed two people and injured 23, including a 14-year-old girl.

Source: Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Quote: "On 13 July, at about 15:40, the Russian armed forces launched a missile strike on a railway station in the village of Budy, Kharkiv Oblast. After the [emergency] services arrived, Russian troops used the double-tap strike tactic and fired a[nother] missile at exactly the same location.

The head of the Kharkiv District Department of the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv Region and a police officer of the Patrol Police Response Unit [...] of the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast were killed.

23 people, including a 14-year-old girl, suffered injuries of varying degrees of severity."

Details: The attacks damaged railway infrastructure facilities, residential buildings and cars.

The prosecutor's office further stated that according to early reports, the Russian Armed Forces hit the village with two Iskander-M missiles.

Background:

• On Saturday afternoon, Russian troops struck twice at the village of Budy in Kharkiv district. Earlier, it was reported that two people had been killed and 22 injured in the strikes.
• The attack killed Artem Kostyria, head of the Kharkiv District Department of the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv Oblast, and Oleksii Koshchii, a police officer in the patrol police response sector of the Kharkiv District Police Department.
• Five railway workers were among the injured.

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