Police shows consequences of enemy attack on outskirts of Kharkiv at night

At night, Russians attacked the village of Pyatykhatky in the Kyyivskyy district of Kharkiv, a missile hit the ground, damaging a power line and outbuildings.

Serhiy Bolvinov, head of the Investigative Department of the National Police in the Kharkiv region, said this on Facebook, Ukrinform reported.

"At night, the Russians fired S-300s at Kharkіv again. There was one hit in Pyatykhatky, where the missile hit the ground and left a four-meter deep crater measuring seven by seven and a half meters. A few meters from the place of 'arrival' there are houses, but there were no casualties," the post reads.

According to Bolvinov, a power line pole, a car and outbuildings were damaged. 

At the scene, police seized fragments of the missile's body and the missile's warhead.

According to the prosecutor's office, a pre-trial investigation has been launched into the violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code).

According to the investigation, the rocket attack on the Kyyivskyy district was launched at about one in the morning.

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As reported, at night on December 8, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with Shahed drones and anti-aircraft guided missiles from S-300 systems from the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. Missiles were recorded in the Kholodnohirskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of Kharkiv, and a fire broke out as a result of the attack. Houses and a power company facility were damaged.