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For the second time in twenty-four hours, Russia used Iskander-M ballistic missiles to target civilian infrastructure in regions of Kharkiv, causing death, injuries, and destruction.
Emergency services attended calls to various points throughout Berestyn in Kharkiv, initially reporting back to head of the Military Administration Oleg Synehubov that nine people were injured, including a 16-year-old boy, as they continued to tackle the consequences.
An hour later the head of the city council Svitlana Kryvenko stated that four strikes resulted in damage to a critical infrastructure facility, adding that it was still to early to know the consequences of the hits or the condition of the wounded.
Around 2am head of the OVA Synehubov took to Telegram to confirm that a 17-year-old girl who had been injured as a result of the attack had died in hospital, while nine people were known to be injured, seven of whom had been hospitalised with explosive injuries, and two more people suffered an acute stress reaction.
In this mornings update, Synehubov clarified that men aged 31, 26, 33, 29, and 50, as well as women aged 74, 70, 30, 36 and a 16-year-old boy were injured in the attack last night.
Damage was caused to an apartment building and two private houses, four administrative buildings, power grids, infrastructure, a store, and a bus, as rescuers extinguished two fires at the strike site last night.
Due to the attacks last night, Ukrzaliznytsia had introduced temporary restrictions on suburban train services operating within the Kharkiv region, with some routes changed, others cancelled, and likelihood of delays.
The Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, Oleksiy Kuleba, reported that the Russian strike on Berestyn resulted in a railway worker being injured, while wagons and infrastructure of four stations were damaged.
A fire broke out in an outbuilding in the village of Kotivka in the Izium district as a result of a strike by a Russian Geran-2 drone, reported the Izium Military Civil Administration, while Synehubov confirmed that an 80-year-old woman had been injured and hospitalised, and railway infrastructure was once again targeted in Lozova.
