The number of injured as a result of the Russian missile strike was more than 40.
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Rescuers retrieved the bodies of seven more dead residents from under the rubble of houses destroyed massed missile attack on Kharkiv. The total number of victims of the strikes carried out by the Russian occupiers on the night of August 18 has increased to 17, the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov reported in Telegram. Unfortunately, the bodies of 7 more dead people were recovered from the rubble,” he wrote.
Synegubov noted that among the dead townspeople there is a child – a boy born in 2009. Also, 42 people were injured as a result of the explosions.
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In addition, on August 18, invaders attacked the city of Krasnograd, Kharkiv region.
There, according to the head of OVA, a couple died in their own apartment. Their 12-year-old daughter was thrown out of the house by the explosive wave – the girl received significant injuries. She is currently in Kharkiv, where she is receiving the necessary medical assistance. Two more people were also injured by the shelling.
Oleg Synegubov emphasized that the Russian rocket attacks on Kharkiv and Krasnograd are an act of terrorism and violate all the rules of warfare.
“Russian terrorists purposefully hit residential buildings in the Slobozhansk and Saltivsk districts of Kharkiv and in the city of Krasnograd. Also, the administration building in the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv was destroyed by a missile strike,” he said.
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