Strike on residential building in Kharkiv: four wounded, including four-year-old child

A strike on a residential building in the Osnovyansky district of Kharkiv late on the evening of October 27 wounded four people, including a four-year-old boy, according to Ukrainian officials.

City Mayor Igor Terekhov reported in Telegram that the strike left residents trapped inside the building. He published his initial report of the attack in the district around 22:40 local time; at 23:45, he confirmed that the number of wounded had risen to four.

The Kharkiv regional military administration identified the victims: two women aged 32 and 65, a man aged 56, and a four-year-old boy. Three of them were hospitalized.

According to the administration, the strike caused fires in a two-story industrial building, a two-story residential building, and a one-story private house. A private house and a vehicle were also damaged; emergency services worked at the scene.

The day before, on October 26, a strike on the Novobavarsky district of Kharkiv killed two people and wounded four more, Terekhov reported. Residential buildings and vehicles were damaged in that attack as well.