Number of casualties from Russian strike on Kharkiv rises to 98, one killed

This was reported in Telegram by Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Ukrinform reports.

“The number of victims continues to grow. Already 98 civilians in Kharkiv have been injured as a result of the morning shelling of the city,” he said in a statement.

As Ukrinform reported, in the morning of April 18, Russians struck three Iskanders at the Osnovyansky district of Kharkiv. One of the missiles exploded in the air near a residential building. An elderly man was killed and dozens of residents were injured. Earlier there was information about 87 injured.