The Russian attack on the suburbs of Kharkiv: the number of victims has increased

The number of people injured as a result of Russian strikes on the outskirts of Kharkiv has increased to 13, one person has died, the head of the regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov said.

“All the victims were hospitalized. Doctors provide all the necessary assistance,” he wrote in a telegram.

Earlier it was known about 11 injured and one dead person.

According to the local authorities, in the afternoon of December 24, Russian troops carried out a series of targeted strikes on the thermal power plant in the suburbs of Kharkiv. This attack by the Russian Federation led to a significant drop in voltage in the city, which affected the heating supply and the operation of city transport.

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The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, rockets, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles.

The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.

The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes of the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.