Russian strike targets apartment block in Kharkiv, leaving four injured

This was announced by Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Ukrinform reports.

"As per tentative reports, in the Khodnohirskyi district, a 9-storey residential block was hit. There is a fire and partial destruction," Terekhov wrote on social media.

Casualty reports are being verified, added the mayor.

All emergency services scrambled to the site of the impact.

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In turn, chief of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, eh Syniehubov, added: "The invaders hit the Khodnohirskyi district in Kharkiv. The impact site is by an apartment block. The walls of the upper floors and windows were damaged. A fire broke out outside the block."

Later, he reported a single casualty. "Information has been received about an injured man. He was injured by glass and required hospitalization," wrote the head of the administration.

Terekhov reported four wounded residents.

As reported earlier, a series of explosions rang out in Kharkiv at night.

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