Eleven injured in Kharkiv, including journalists, in Russian strike on hotel
Two Russian missiles struck a hotel in Kharkiv, in the north-east of Ukraine, this Wednesday evening, injuring eleven people, including Turkish journalists, announced the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov. One of the injured is “in very serious condition”Mr. Terekhov said on Telegram.
“Turkish journalists are among the victims”, he added, without specifying the number. The police, for their part, reported that a journalist from a foreign publication was injured.
Several other buildings, including two residential buildings, as well as cars were also damaged by the strike, the mayor said.
According to Oleh Synehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, the two Russian S-300 missiles hit the hotel, located in the Kyivskyi district and at around 10:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. Paris time). inside which there were thirty civilians. Nine of the eleven injured were hospitalized and two were treated on site, he added on Telegram. He said the most seriously injured person was a 35-year-old man. The other injured are three men aged 31 to 38 and seven women aged 23 to 71, he continued.
Located around thirty kilometers from the Russian border, Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine, is regularly the target of bombings.