Two Russian missiles hit the center of the city of Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine. One of the rockets hit a residential building, Igor Terekhov, the mayor of the city, said on Telegram, Reuters reported.
A fire broke out in the cooperative, and according to the latest data, four people were injured in it, the regional governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, reported in Telegram. The fifth injured is a security guard at a nearby school.
Sinegubov also published footage of a building with broken windows, and according to the regional prosecutor’s office, the attack was carried out with S-300 missiles, adds France Press.
At the same time, the bodies of three dead people – two men and one woman – were removed from a residential building hit by a Ukrainian shell yesterday in the city of Donetsk, TASS reported, referring to Alexey Kulemzin, the pro-Russian mayor of the city.
Fierce fighting continues for Bahmut
Fierce fighting is taking place in the northern districts of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which has been the focus of Russian forces’ attention for weeks now, Reuters reported.
The head of the private paramilitary company “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin said that its fighters are fighting there for every street, every house and every staircase against the Ukrainian forces, which are not backing down. “Of course it is nice that the media wants the retreat of the armed forces of Ukraine, but this is not happening in the northern districts, nor in the southern, nor in the eastern districts,” Prigozhin said in response to a journalist’s question about Russian media reports that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from the northern regions of Bakhmut.
Meanwhile, Sergiy Haydai, regional governor of Luhansk Oblast, said Ukrainian forces continue to control the village of Bilokhorovka, which is the last Ukrainian-held part of Luhansk Oblast.
“Our troops remain in their positions, no one has captured Bilokhorovka, no one has entered there, there are no enemies there.” Hadai said, adding that the situation on the front is tense and the number of Russian attacks has increased, but all of them have been repelled by Ukrainian soldiers.
