Strike on Kharkiv: One killed, 16 injured, including four children

In Kharkiv, the number of people injured in a Russian strike has risen to 16. One person died, according to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov.

Four children aged between 3 months and 13 years are among those injured, Suspilne reported, referring to the head of the Kharkiv regional police, Volodymyr Tymoshko.

"As a result of the strikes on Kharkiv, children aged 3 months, 1.8 years, 10 and 13 years were wounded," the report says.

Explosions were heard in Kharkiv around 16:00.  Russians struck the Shevchenkivskyi district. According to preliminary information, for the first time in two years, the enemy used a large-caliber guided munition. Residential buildings and an emergency surgery institute were damaged. One person was killed and another 16 were wounded.

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