A Russian missile attack hit the northeastern Ukrainian city of Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region on Saturday night, killing three people, including a 70-year-old woman, and injuring three more, the governor said. regional.
“Four Russian rockets, presumably fired from (the Russian city of) Belgorod at night, around 3.30am, crashed into a residential building, a school and administrative buildings,” said Serhiy Bolvinov, the deputy head of the Kharkiv regional police.
“The bodies of three people were found under the rubble. The victims are civilians.”
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, has suffered particularly severe bombing in recent days, with Ukrainian officials and local commanders expressing fears that a second large-scale Russian assault on the northern city is approaching.