Missile strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv region kills five, destroys infrastructure
A Russian missile strike on the town of Merefa in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region has killed five people and wounded at least 18, damaging homes, businesses and public buildings in an area far from the front lines, officials said Monday. Regional prosecutors said Russian forces appeared to have used an Iskander-type ballistic missile. There was no immediate comment from Moscow.
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A Russian missile attack on the town of Merefa, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, killed five people and wounded several others, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.
Regional governor Oleh Syniehubovsaid that at least 10 houses, an administrative building, four shops, a car repair workshop and a food establishment were damaged in the attack.
"Today during the day, the occupiers attacked civilian infrastructure of a town quite far from the front with a missile," he said on Telegram.
He said that two men and three women had been killed and 18 others wounded, including four taken to hospital in serious condition.
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Regional prosecutors said Russian forces appeared to have used an Iskander-type ballistic missile. Emergency services posted photos of a building with a damaged roof and blown out windows, a firefighter extinguishing a burning car, and rescuers attending to a woman lying on the ground with her face and hands covered in blood.
There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Moscow has denied intentionally targeting civilians during the war although its attacks have killed thousands of them since it invaded at full scale in February 2022. Ukraine has also hit civilian targets in Russia or Russian-occupied areas, though on a far smaller scale.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters)
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