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Russian shelling kills three people in Kharkiv

Updated on: 12 July,2022 09:57 AM IST  |  Kyiv
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At least 31 were wounded in the attack in northeast Ukraine; toll from strike on five-storey residential block in Chasiv Yar rises to 30

Russian shelling kills three people in Kharkiv

Rescuers work outside a building partially destroyed after the Russian missile strike in Kharkiv on Monday. Pic/AFP

Three people were killed and 31 wounded on Monday after Russian shelling hit the northeast Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the regional governor said. The mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, said on Telegram that the shelling struck civilian infrastructure including a commercial property and a tyre repair shop. 


These are “places which had no military significance,” Oleh Synehubov said, adding that two children aged 4 and 16 were among dozens of people taken to hospital. “Several shells hit the yards of private houses. Garages and cars were also destroyed, several fires broke out,” he said.


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The rocket strike on the five-storey residential block in Chasiv Yar on Saturday night killed 30 people and also left two dozen people trapped in the rubble, the emergency service said. Nine people have been rescued so far, the State Emergency Service said.

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