Two Russian airstrikes hit Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, killing at least six people and injuring 11 others, local officials said online on Saturday.
according to post Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the Russian rockets struck the city “in the middle of the night, when the people of Kharkiv were peacefully sleeping.”
“Six people died. Another 11 civilians are currently admitted to hospitals in the city,” Telekhov said on Telegram, translated into English.
Telekhov said at least nine apartment buildings, three dormitories, two kindergartens, two other schools, a gas station and other stores were all damaged in the strike. More than 3,600 windows were “broken at once.”
Local emergency officials, law enforcement and volunteer groups are working at the scene of the destruction. Water has been restored to all homes in the area.
“Russia is a murderous state! And sooner or later she will pay for every life she has destroyed,” said Terekhov’s translated post.
Bridget A. Brink, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Posted in X, Previously on Twitter, about the strike.
“Overnight Russia launched a new offensive against Kharkov – Ukraine’s secondn.d. largest city — killed six civilians, injured others, and damaged homes and schools,” Brink’s post said. “We cannot miss a moment to support Ukraine in its fight to protect its people from such a horrific and unprovoked attack.”
strike, First reported by Reuters, partially intercepted by Ukrainian forces. Ukraine’s military posted on Facebook that its air defense forces had destroyed 28 of the 32 drones and three of the six missiles fired.
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