Kyiv:
Seven individuals died and 34 have been wounded after Russian forces struck a residential space in Ukraine’s second largest metropolis Kharkiv on Sunday, native prosecutors mentioned in an announcement.
“On April 3 at round 6:00 pm native time, Russian invaders fired on residential buildings within the Sloboda districts of Kharkiv. In consequence, round ten homes and a trolleybus depot have been broken. In response to preliminary data, seven individuals died, 34 have been injured, together with three kids,” Kharkiv’s regional prosecutor’s workplace mentioned on Telegram.
Kharkiv, which lies in north-east Ukraine near the Russian border, has been closely broken since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine on Febuary 24.
Russian forces additionally shelled the close by city of Dergachi, leaving at the least three lifeless and wounding seven, its mayor Vychaeslav Zadorenko mentioned on Fb.
He mentioned all three victims have been civilians.
Six individuals have been additionally killed and one other injured within the jap Donetsk area by Russian strikes, the top of the regional army administration Pavel Kirilenko mentioned on Telegram.
Earlier on Sunday the governor of the Lugansk area, Sergiy Gaiday, mentioned Russia had shelled a hospital within the jap city of Rubizhne. At the very least one particular person had died, he mentioned.
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