Russian strike hits residential building in Kharkiv: five affected, including a child
Russian forces attacked a residential building in Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, late on 27 October. Five people were affected, including a four-year-old boy.
Russian forces attacked a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv late in the evening of 27 October, striking the Osnovianskyi district. Strikes on populated areas continue during the war, and this time five people were affected, among them a four-year-old boy.
What officials said
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported an enemy strike on the Osnovianskyi district. According to him, a multi-apartment residential building was hit, and available information indicated that people were trapped inside. The consequences were still being clarified at the time.
Oleh Synehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, initially reported two injured people, one of them the four-year-old boy. He later added that one more woman had been hurt.
Damage and casualties
The strike set fire to a two-storey production building, a two-storey apartment block and a one-storey residential house. A private house and a car were also damaged.
The number of injured later rose to four: women aged 32 and 65, a 56-year-old man and the four-year-old boy. In addition, the 65-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction.
The source gives no information on the condition of the injured or the progress of rescue work.
