Russian missile strike on Kharkiv injures nine people and destroys two houses

Russian forces launched a missile strike on Kharkiv’s Novobavarskyi district on the afternoon of 20 October. Nine people were injured.

According to preliminary information from the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, the strike occurred at about 15:30 local time. Seven of the injured suffered physical injuries, while two women were diagnosed with shock.

Two houses beyond repair

The attack completely destroyed two residential houses. Windows were shattered in a multi-storey building, while other houses, cars, power lines and a production building belonging to a civilian business were also damaged.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said there were two impacts: one in an open area and another near houses.

The prosecutor’s office said preliminary reports indicated that a Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system may have been used. A municipal utility worker and his mother were inside one of the damaged houses and were both taken to hospital.