Terekhov: Russian troops launch missile strikes on Kharkiv

Terekhov: Russian troops launch missile strikes on Kharkiv

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The Russian army launched strikes on Kharkiv on the afternoon of January 5.

This was reported on Telegram by Mayor Ihor Terekhov, according to Ukrinform.

“A strike on the city has been recorded - preliminarily, in the industrial zone of the Slobidskyi district,” the post says.

A few minutes later, the mayor reported another strike on the city - “approximately the same area.”

“Third missile strike on the city,” Terekhov wrote at 12:57 p.m.

Shortly thereafter, he reported a fourth missile strike.

At the same time, the Air Force reported combat operations against enemy UAVs in Kharkiv and the Kharkiv district.

Read also: War update: 229 clashes along frontline over past day, most attacks in Huliaipole, Pokrovsk sectors

As reported, on January 2, at around 2:30 p.m., Russian troops struck a residential building in Kharkiv with two Iskander missiles. Six people are known to have been killed, and search operations are ongoing.

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