Russian missile strike on village near Kharkiv kills three people
A Russian missile strike on the village of Pisochyn near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Sunday evening killed three people and injured 25 others. A grocery store and residential buildings were also hit.
A Russian missile strike on Sunday evening hit the village of Pisochyn near Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, in the northeast of the country. Three people were killed and 25 were injured. The head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleh Synehubov, reported the casualties, in a statement cited by the news agency LETA. The attack was carried out by Russia, which continues its war against Ukraine.
Victims and injured
According to the regional head, those killed were a 16-year-old boy, a 19-year-old young woman and a 51-year-old woman. Among the injured is an eight-year-old girl. She was hurt in the blast and taken to hospital.
Damage
Synehubov said on the messaging platform Telegram that a grocery store was struck. A fire broke out at the site of the attack. In total, a grocery store, two multi-storey apartment buildings, one private house and five cars were damaged.
Strikes on Kharkiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that on Sunday evening Russian forces also carried out a strike in Kharkiv itself, hitting a facility referred to as TEC-5. The source gives no further details on the consequences of that strike.
The figures provided by Synehubov reflect the situation at the time his statement was published and may change if further casualties are confirmed.
