KYIV: Russian missile strikes killed at the least six postal employees and wounded 17 others Saturday once they hit a mail depot in Ukraine‘s northeastern Kharkiv area, officers mentioned.
President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video on social media of what gave the impression to be a closely broken warehouse surrounded by rubble and a container with the emblem of the Ukrainian postal operator Nova Poshta.
The six killed within the assault have been all employees on the Nova Poshta depot, situated within the village of Korotych on the outskirts of Kharkiv metropolis, regional governor Oleg Sinegubov mentioned.
“The victims, aged between 19 and 42, obtained shrapnel wounds and blast accidents,” he mentioned.
Of the injured being handled in hospital, seven have been in a severe situation, Sinegubov mentioned, including that “Medical doctors are preventing for his or her lives”.
The regional prosecutor’s workplace later up to date the variety of injured to 17.
Sergiy Nozhka, who works for Nova Poshta, described the situation of some his colleagues as “gentle to average severity”, including that “there are some folks in a really severe situation”.
He mentioned {that a} rocket “flew into the neighbouring depot, however at ours too — the home windows and shutters flew out. This isn’t the primary time”.
Based on the prosecutor’s workplace, Russian forces within the Belgorod area north of Kharkiv fired S-300 missiles, two of which hit the warehouse.
“Particles evaluation continues on the web site with a purpose to set up the precise variety of injured and useless,” workplace spokesman Dmytro Chubenko advised Ukraine’s state broadcaster Suspilne.
Separate Russian assaults on villages close to the war-battered Ukrainian metropolis of Bakhmut killed at the least two folks on Sunday, officers mentioned.
Each Kyiv and Moscow are making ready for a gruelling winter forward, as Ukraine warns of renewed strikes on its vitality infrastructure and Russia contends with a Ukrainian counteroffensive to regain territory.
President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video on social media of what gave the impression to be a closely broken warehouse surrounded by rubble and a container with the emblem of the Ukrainian postal operator Nova Poshta.
The six killed within the assault have been all employees on the Nova Poshta depot, situated within the village of Korotych on the outskirts of Kharkiv metropolis, regional governor Oleg Sinegubov mentioned.
“The victims, aged between 19 and 42, obtained shrapnel wounds and blast accidents,” he mentioned.
Of the injured being handled in hospital, seven have been in a severe situation, Sinegubov mentioned, including that “Medical doctors are preventing for his or her lives”.
The regional prosecutor’s workplace later up to date the variety of injured to 17.
Sergiy Nozhka, who works for Nova Poshta, described the situation of some his colleagues as “gentle to average severity”, including that “there are some folks in a really severe situation”.
He mentioned {that a} rocket “flew into the neighbouring depot, however at ours too — the home windows and shutters flew out. This isn’t the primary time”.
Based on the prosecutor’s workplace, Russian forces within the Belgorod area north of Kharkiv fired S-300 missiles, two of which hit the warehouse.
“Particles evaluation continues on the web site with a purpose to set up the precise variety of injured and useless,” workplace spokesman Dmytro Chubenko advised Ukraine’s state broadcaster Suspilne.
Separate Russian assaults on villages close to the war-battered Ukrainian metropolis of Bakhmut killed at the least two folks on Sunday, officers mentioned.
Each Kyiv and Moscow are making ready for a gruelling winter forward, as Ukraine warns of renewed strikes on its vitality infrastructure and Russia contends with a Ukrainian counteroffensive to regain territory.
