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Russia hits high-rise in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, kills six and injures 55

Kharkiv has been the focus of heavy Russian bombing throughout the war

by NWMNewsDesk
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A Russian-guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv killed six people and injured at least 55.

The city’s mayor said one child was killed in the playground.

Three people were killed in the 12-story apartment block that caught fire as a result of the strike, he said.

About 20 of the injured were in severe condition, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

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One end of the block was engulfed in black smoke, with many of the upper floors in flames. Several cars parked outside were gutted by fire.

Emergency services and rescue volunteers rushed to carry survivors out of the building. The body of one of the victims lay under a carpet on the ground outside, surrounded by police.

The authorities did not give the circumstances in which the two other people died in the strikes, which hit four areas of the city.

Kharkiv has been the focus of heavy Russian bombing throughout the war, although there had been a drop in intensity in recent weeks, possibly related to a shock incursion launched by Ukrainian forces into Russia’s Kursk region.

Ukrainian authorities said that Friday’s attack involved five aerial guided bombs launched from planes in Russia’s Belgorod region, also known as “glide bombs” which are fitted with a navigation system taking them to their targets.

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