An apartment building hit by a Russian air strike, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 3.Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Reuters
A Russian attack on the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine injured at least 21 people on Tuesday, including a child, regional officials said.
Governor Oleh Syniehubov said via the Telegram messaging app that the attack had damaged infrastructure and the authorities were working to verify the type of weapon used.
He and Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said it was likely that a civilian production facility had been hit. Terekhov said a fire had broken out.
Seventeen people were hospitalized after the attack, Terekhov added, including a 16-year-old.
Located 30 km (18 miles) from the border with Russia, Kharkiv has been a frequent target of Russian attacks since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Last week, a Russian guided bomb attack on the city struck a five-storey apartment block, injuring 10 people, local officials said.
Russian shelling in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Tuesday killed one person and injured five more, the regional governor said.
The village of Antonivka came under attack, Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram. Four injured were hospitalized, he added.
Regional prosecutors said on Telegram that Russian troops used artillery to attack the village. A 56-year-old man was killed, they added.
Kherson and the surrounding region regularly come under Russian fire, with Moscow troops launching strikes from the occupied part of the region on the left bank of the Dnipro River.
Local officials report injuries from such attacks almost every day. On Monday, Russia dropped four guided bombs on Kherson, injuring at least 22 people, including two children, officials said.