Injury toll from Aug 6 missile attack on Kharkiv rises to 13

Injury toll from Aug 6 missile attack on Kharkiv rises to 13

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The number of people injured in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi district on August 6 has risen to 13.

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"The injury toll from a missile attack on Kharkiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district on August 6 increased to 13: a 52-year-old woman also sought medical help," the Regional Prosecutor's Office said.

Earlier it was reported about 12 injured and 1 dead person.

Read also: Russians increasing grouping in Kharkiv region despite developments in Kursk region - Ukraine military

As Ukrinform reported, on the morning of August 6, Russian forces launched a missile strike on a high-density residential area in the central part of Kharkiv, likely using an Iskander missile. According to the police, buildings, a polyclinic, facades, windows of residential buildings, and at least 25 civilian cars were damaged.

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