Kharkiv suffers another airstrike, casualties reported

Kharkiv suffers another airstrike, casualties reported

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Kharkiv was hit by another airstrike during the night resulting in casualties.

This was reported on Telegram by Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, as relayed by Ukrinform.

"At 2:51, Kharkiv was hit by an air raid — an impact (presumably KAB) was recorded in Osnovianskyi district. The strike targeted a residential area: two houses were destroyed, and about 20 others sustained varying degrees of damage," the post reads.

As a result of the strike, two people were killed, the Mayor reported.

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A little later, Chief of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, reported a third fatality. "The strike has claimed three lives. The rescue operation continues," he wrote on Telegram.

By 5:00 rescue workers had recovered the body of the fourth person from the rubble, according to Terekhov.

As previously reported by Ukrinform, the number of those injured from the evening shelling in Kharkiv has risen to nine.

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