Kharkov: 4 dead from Russian bombing – ‘The city does not surrender’, says the mayor

LAST UPDATE: 14.10

At least four people have been killed and nine others injured in a series of bombings targeting security forces and a university in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov, local emergency services and mayor Ihor Terekhov his city will not be handed over to Russian forces.

“Kharkiv is a Russian-speaking city. One in four has relatives in the Russian Federation. But the attitude of the city towards Russia today is completely different from what it was before,” the mayor said in a videotaped statement posted on the internet.

“We never expected this to happen: total destruction, annihilation, genocide against the Ukrainian people – this is unforgivable,” he said, noting that Russian airstrikes were affecting residential areas.

“Currently 10 people have been rescued alive from the rubble, the provisional tally is 4 dead and 9 injured,” the local emergency services said in a message on social media as the country’s second largest city came under attack. Russian armed forces.

The services added that they have sent 21 vehicles and 90 people to extinguish the raging fires and rescue the victims.

The governor of the region, Oleg Sinegubov, had previously stated that 21 people were killed yesterday, Tuesday, by the bombings, mainly against the headquarters of the local administration, before deleting this post.

Meanwhile, Russian forces fired a cruise missile at the Kharkiv City Hall building on Wednesday, the deputy governor of the region, Roman Semenukha, said, according to Reuters.

Ukraine’s second largest city, located near the border with Russia, has been the target of fire and has been at the center of fighting since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.

Overnight, Ukrainian authorities said airborne Russian troops had landed in Kharkiv and attacked a hospital.

Source: Capital

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