Russian strikes on a crowded DIY hardware store and a residential area in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed at least four people and injured dozens on Saturday, local officials said. Four people were killed after two guided bombs hit the DIY hypermarket in a residential area of the city, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on national television, while 40 people were injured in the attack and 16 still unaccounted for. At least two of the dead were store employees.
‘All the old rules are destroyed’: how Kharkiv is coping with life under constant attack Read more Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said about 120 people had been in the hardware store when the bombs struck. “The attack targeted the shopping centre, where there were many people – this is clearly terrorism,” Terekhov said. An early evening missile strike hit a residential building in the centre of the city of 1.
3 million, injuring 18 people, Syniehubov said. View image in fullscreen Aftermath of a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv. Photograph: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters The missile left a crater several metres deep in the pavement at the foot of the building, which also housed a post office, a beauty salon and a cafe.
Emergency workers ushered away residents of nearby apartment buildings. Some of the injured had blood on their faces. Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskiy says Kyiv’s forces have taken control of Kharkiv border area Read more Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, is just 30km (18 miles) from th.