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Russian strike near Kharkiv kills three and injures 25
A Russian missile strike hit a residential area in Pisochyn, a community just outside Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian police said three people were killed, including a 16-year-old boy, and 25 were injured.
Two of the injured were girls aged 9 and 13, and those hurt were receiving medical care.
The strike landed near a grocery store and several homes.
Earlier the same day, glide bombs killed one person and injured at least eight in Kharkiv city.
The attacks came as Russia continues its war against Ukraine, and Kharkiv is regularly targeted because it is close to the front line.
A Russian missile strike in Pisochyn, just outside Kharkiv, killed at least three people and injured 25, Ukraine’s National Police reported.
Those killed included a 16-year-old boy, a 19-year-old woman and a 51-year-old woman.
Two injured girls were aged 13 and 9; the extent of the injuries was not immediately disclosed.
The strike hit near a grocery store and several residential buildings on Oct. 11.
Earlier that day, glide bombs killed one person and injured at least eight others in Kharkiv.
- Who
- At least three people were killed and 25 were injured. Those killed included a 16-year-old boy and two women.
- What
- A Russian missile struck a residential area.
- When
- Oct. 11. The time of the strike was not stated.
- Where
- Pisochyn, a community just outside Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Why
- Not stated.
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this week alone, the Russians have launched around 1,450 aerial bombs, 75 missiles of various types and over 1,640 attack drones, around 60% of which are jet-powered.
Two glide bombs struck Kharkiv’s Nemyshlyanskyi district, killing one person and injuring at least eight.
A Russian missile struck near a grocery store and residential buildings in Pisochyn, killing three people and injuring 25.
- Deaths
- At least 3
- Injured
- 25
- Location
- Pisochyn, just outside Kharkiv
- Date
- Oct. 11
- Youngest injured
- 9-year-old girl
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