Russia strikes Kharkiv three times with guided aerial bombs: 1 killed, 11 injured
Russian forces carried out three strikes using guided aerial bombs on the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv on Monday afternoon, killing one person and injuring 11.
Source: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov on social media; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration
Quote from Terekhov: "As a result of enemy guided aerial bomb strikes on a residential area of the Slobidskyi district, people have been killed and injured and houses have been destroyed."
Details: Syniehubov reported that a 69-year-old woman had been killed, 10 people had sustained injuries of varying severity, and two of those injured – a 73-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man – had been taken to hospital. Thirty houses were damaged. One house was completely destroyed.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing at the scene of the Russian strike. Terekhov said that early reports indicate that one person is considered to be missing.
Update: Later, Syniehubov reported that the number injured in Kharkiv had increased to 11 people.
Windows were damaged in about 10 apartment buildings, and seven cars were damaged.
Background: On the morning of 19 January, the Russians struck a critical infrastructure facility in the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv with four missiles.
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