Russian Missile Hits Residential Building In Ukraine’s Kharkiv

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February 5th, 7:47am

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rescuers use a crane to remove debris of a multistorey residential building damaged in recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. (Reuters)

Two Russian missiles hit the center of Kharkiv, the administrative capital of the Kharkiv region in Ukraine's northeast, with one of the missiles striking a residential building, local officials said on Sunday. "A residential building in the city center was hit. A fire broke out. So far, three victims are known: a 54-year-old woman and two men aged 51 and 55," Kharkiv governor Oleh Synehubov said on the Telegram messaging platform. He said the woman was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds. Reuters was not able to independently verify the report.

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