Number of those injured in Russian missile attack on Kharkiv rises to 62

One person was killed and 62 others were injured in Russia's missile attack on Kharkiv on January 2.

That's according to the Kharkiv region police, Ukrinform reports.

"Sixty-three people were affected. One woman was killed and 62 (people) were injured," the post said.

The injury toll includes six children aged 6 to 13 years (four boys and two girls).

Early on January 2, Russia's military struck the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv with Iskander-M missiles. A 91-year-old woman was killed and dozens were injured. Twenty-seven people were hospitalized, two of them in critical condition.

Fifty-five residential buildings, administrative buildings, gas pipelines and heating networks were damaged in the city.