Nine wounded in Russian airstrike on Kharkiv
Ukrinform
Russian troops launched an airstrike on Kharkiv on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 22, wounding nine people.
Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.
"At 13:45, the occupiers launched a strike on Kharkiv. According to preliminary reports, guided munitions were used. A fire broke out at a civilian gas station, and a cafe was damaged," the post said.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram that nine people had been wounded in the attack, with one person – a trolleybus driver – being in a grave condition.
"The Shevchenkivskyi district of the city was under attack. Houses, shops, transport, and a children's playground [were damaged]," he said.
Two explosions rang out in Kharkiv at around 13:35.
