Rescuers revised down the initial death toll from a Russian strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, saying on Sunday that two people had died and more than fifty had been injured.
As the invasion enters its third year, Russia has increased its attacks in the northeastern Kharkiv region after beginning a fresh operation there last month in an effort to breach a mainly immobile front line.
According to Ukrainian officials, guided bombs struck Kharkiv city on Saturday, causing damage to a five-story residential structure. The state emergency service declared that rescue operations would be over by Sunday morning.
It stated on Telegram that “two people have been killed and 53 others, including three children, have been injured as a result of this aerial bomb strike.”
On Saturday, Russian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed three deaths and denounced the country’s “calculated terror.”
Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov announced on Sunday that an engineer injured in a Russian strike on an energy facility in the southern Zaporizhzhia region passed away in the hospital.
Meanwhile, Russian village of Graivoron in the Belgorod region was targeted by Ukrainian drones, resulting in one fatality and three injuries, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, who made the announcement on the messaging app Telegram on Sunday.
