Teacher, her son and schoolgirl killed in Russian attack on Kharkiv – details

Roman Petrenko — 7 March, 10:19
Teacher, her son and schoolgirl killed in Russian attack on Kharkiv – details
Aftermath of the attack. Photo: State Emergency Service

A primary school teacher from secondary school No. 6 and her son, a second-grade student, were killed in their home in a Russian attack on Kharkiv on the night of 6-7 March.

Source: Ihor Terekhov, mayor of Kharkiv; Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office

Details: It is also known that an eighth-grade student of secondary school No. 16 was killed together with her mother.

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Search and rescue operations are ongoing.

Investigators reported that at around 01:35, Russian armed forces launched a missile strike on Kharkiv, destroying a section of a five-storey residential building from the first to the fifth floor.

In addition to the seven people already confirmed dead, ten others were injured, including three children.

People are still trapped under the rubble.

Prosecutors said that Russia struck the building with an Izdeliye-30 missile.

Background: On the night of 6-7 March, Russian forces struck a residential high-rise building in Kharkiv with a ballistic missile. Seven people were killed, and at least ten others were injured.

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