Russian rocket attack on Kharkiv intensifies

Kharkiv, Jul 11: Russian troops are shelling the city of Kharkiv with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). Local authorities urge Kharkiv residents to not go out.

 

 

 

The relevant statement was made by Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

 

 

 

“Russian occupiers have opened fire, reportedly with multiple launch rocket systems. Attention! Residents of Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region, please do not stay outdoors unless absolutely necessary. It is extremely dangerous. All services are responding quickly and working at the scene,” Syniehubov wrote. According to Kharkiv Metro Municipal Enterprise, train services on the Saltivska line will be suspended due to the enemy shelling. A reminder that last night Russians launched three missile strikes on Kharkiv, having destroyed a school and residential house. One civilian was injured. Russia opened fire with artillery, multiple rocket launchers, and tanks in and around Kharkiv as Moscow kept up its onslaught on eastern cities, Ukraine's general staff said on Monday. An apartment building in Ukraine's second-largest city was struck by a missile overnight. Later on Monday, the regional governor said that three people had been killed in Kharkiv while dozens more were wounded from the Russian shelling.

 

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Meanwhile, the death toll from a Russian rocket attack that hit an apartment block in the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region over the weekend has risen to 18 as rescuers continue to search for survivors, and the emergency services said. Rescuers were in voice contact with two people trapped in the ruins of the five-story building that was struck late on Saturday, the service said.