5 injured in rocket assaults on 2nd-largest metropolis

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — 5 folks had been injured in Russian rocket assaults Sunday within the middle of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, officers stated.

Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov stated 4 folks had been injured when a Russian S-300 missile fell close to an condominium block and one other was harm when a missile hit a higher-education constructing. Native media experiences stated the constructing hit was the Nationwide Academy for City Financial system, about 700 meters from town’s central sq..

In the meantime, heavy preventing continued within the Donetsk area of japanese Ukraine, certainly one of 4 areas that Russia illegally annexed final 12 months although its forces don’t totally management the area. Donetsk governor Pavlo Kyrylenko stated 5 civilians had been wounded in rocket assaults through the evening within the metropolis of Druzhkivka and that the city of Avdiivka and its outskirts had been additionally fired on.

Within the Black Sea port of Odesa, employees labored to attach momentary mills shipped in to attempt to restore electrical energy. The town and surrounding space had been plunged into darkness over the weekend following a large-scale community failure.

Grid operator Ukrenergo stated that the failure concerned tools “repeatedly repaired” after Russia’s savage strikes on Ukraine’s vitality grid, and that residents ought to brace themselves for prolonged blackouts.

As of Sunday afternoon, about 280,000 clients remained with out energy, stated prime minister Denis Shmyhal.

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