December 30, 2023, 22:42
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On the evening of December 30 in Kharkov, during an air raid warning announced at 18:55, at least six explosions occurred.
According to the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, as a result of Russian strikes, civil infrastructure facilities in the city center were damaged.
“The occupants carried out more than six strikes. In particular, they hit the central part of the city of Kharkov. There is damage to civilian infrastructure. Specialized services work at the impact sites“, wrote Sinegubov.
Mayor Igor Terekhov also confirmed information about being hit by enemy ammunition.
«Arrival at a residential building in the city center. Serious damage, fire. Information about the victims is being clarified. There is also the destruction of civilian infrastructure. Details later”he said.
The number of victims as a result of the Russian shelling of Kharkov has increased from 14, as previously reported, to 21. Among the victims are two teenagers.
“So far we know about 20 wounded, among them two boys aged 16 and 14. The security adviser to the German media team of journalists, a British citizen, was also wounded. Nine victims received assistance on the spot,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
They added that a pre-trial investigation into the shooting has already begun.
Sinegubov clarified that the enemy attacked exclusively civilian infrastructure: a medical institution, apartment buildings, shops, transport.
According to media reports, the enemy hit the Kharkiv Palace hotel in the very center of the city, where many foreign journalists stay.
The head of the Kharkov regional prosecutor’s office, Alexander Filchakov, confirmed this information. According to him, the building was partially destroyed. He noted that the Russians fired S-300 missiles at the city from the territory of the Belgorod region.
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