S-300 missiles hit Kharkiv: one person was killed and several others were seriously injured

One person died, 17 were injured during the evening shelling of Kharkiv.

Updated at 09:40. This was reported to the regional police in the morning of January 17.

What is known about the shelling of Kharkiv

The Russian occupiers fired two S-300 missiles at the Kholodnohirsky District of Kharkiv at around 21:42 on January 16.

The Russians fired enemy shells from the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.

In the city, the facades of 19 apartment buildings, a private medical institution were damaged, and 14 cars were destroyed.

As Volodymyr Tymoshko, the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region, reported earlier, the hit occurred in a civilian three-story building. The nearby hospital was affected by the blast wave.

The regional prosecutor’s office recorded a hit to the facade of a three-story residential building. The building was partially destroyed by the impact, they add.

The State Emergency Service stated that one of the rockets hit the administrative building, partially destroying it.

At the time of arrival, there were multiple sources of ignition in two buildings. The total area of the fire was about 60 square meters.

What is known about the victims

During the enemy shelling, a woman was rescued and another 30 people were evacuated.

According to Oleg Sуnegubov, the head of the regional military administration, among the 17 victims are 16 women aged 38 to 90 and a 31-year-old man.

Three people were treated on the spot, 14 people were hospitalized.

By morning, 13 people remained in the hospital.

A 43-year-old woman, who received a serious wound with penetration, is in an extremely serious condition.

A 39-year-old woman is also in serious condition.

Other victims are in medium and light conditions.

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Source: Oleg Sуnegubov , Ihor Klymenko , State Emergency Service of Ukraine , Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office