Published January 11,2024
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Two Russian missiles struck a resort in Ukraine’s second metropolis Kharkiv, injuring 13 folks together with overseas journalists, native authorities mentioned Thursday.
The strikes on Wednesday night got here as each Moscow and Kyiv accuse one another of inflicting dozens of civilian casualties in a pointy escalation of assaults.
“Thirteen people were injured,” together with a Turkish citizen and a Georgian, the prosecutor common’s workplace mentioned.
“Two missiles hit a hotel in the centre of Kharkiv. There were no military personnel there. Instead, there were 30 civilians,” Mayor Igor Terekhov posted on Telegram.
One of the wounded is in “very serious condition”, he mentioned, including that “Turkish journalists are among the victims”.
Oleg Synegubov, head of the Kharkiv regional navy administration, mentioned S-300 missiles have been fired from the Russian frontier area of Belgorod, including {that a} 35-year-old man was hospitalised in critical situation”.
Several different buildings, together with two condominium blocks, have been additionally reported broken within the newest strike.
“In addition to the hotel, residential buildings were affected — one communal, one private, a car dealership and a manufacturing enterprise,” Mayor Terekhov mentioned.
Located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the Russian border, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis has seen common and sometimes lethal aerial assaults.
Across the border, the Russian defence ministry mentioned it had downed 4 Ukrainian drones over the Tula, Kaluga and Rostov areas.
Voronezh area governor Aleksandr Gusev additionally reported {that a} Ukrainian drone had hit “the roof of a non-residential building” in a single day, though mentioned there was “no harm done”.
Source: www.anews.com.tr