Russian shelling of Kharkiv injures 11 people and destroys a stairwell of a residential building
Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has injured 11 people, including a rescue worker. Residential areas and infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, injuring 11 people, including one rescue worker, according to the outlet Ukrainska Pravda. The attack is part of the full-scale war launched by Russia, in which Ukrainian cities regularly come under fire.
What is known about the damage
According to the source, residential districts and infrastructure facilities were damaged. In one residential building, a stairwell (the entrance section) was destroyed.
The report does not specify what weapons Russian forces used. It also does not say what injuries the victims sustained or how many were taken to hospital. It is not stated which parts of the city were hit hardest or which infrastructure facilities were damaged.
The presence of a rescuer among the injured indicates that emergency personnel were working at the scene of the attack. The source gives no further details on the rescuer's condition.
More information on the victims' condition and the scale of the destruction may be released once local officials finish assessing the situation.
