Russians shell Kharkiv region’s Chuhuiv, killing woman

Russian forces shelled Chuhuiv of the Kharkiv region, killing a woman and wounding another person.

Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"The occupiers struck Chuhuiv twice. According to preliminarily information, damage was caused to an educational institution... Unfortunately, a civilian woman, a boiler room operator, was killed in the enemy strike on Chuhuiv," he wrote.

Medics provided assistance to another victim on the spot, the region’s governor added.

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The head of the Kharkiv military garrison, Serhiy Melnyk, said that Russian troops had struck Chuhuiv with S-300 missiles.

As reported, on the evening of January 16, Russian forces attacked the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv city with two S-300 missiles, damaging 19 residential buildings, injuring 17 residents, 14 of whom remain in hospital.