Death toll in Kharkiv rises after Russian strike: what is known

Three people were killed and 11 others were injured in a Russian strike on Kharkiv on the evening of October 12. One of the missiles hit a four-story apartment building, causing an entire entrance to collapse. People may be trapped under the rubble.

This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the city mayor Igor Terekhov and the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Synegubov.

According to rescuers, Russian troops attacked residential areas and civilian infrastructure in the Kholodnohirsk and Shevchenkivsk districts of the city. Fires broke out at the sites of the strikes, and destruction was recorded.

“One of the missiles hit a four-story residential building, completely destroying the entrance. There may be people under the rubble,” the State Emergency Service reported.

Initially, Igor Terekhov informed that the body of one deceased person was found under the rubble of a house in the Kholodnohirsky district. Later, Oleg Sinegubov reported that the bodies of three people had been discovered.

A rescuer was also injured while responding to the shelling. He was hospitalized.

Emergency services are working at the scene of the attacks. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.

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