11-year-old and 72-year-old injured in Russian attack against Kharkiv

Twelve houses caught fire and several were injured, writes Governor Oleh Synegubov in Kharkiv on Telegram.

Friday 10 May at 11:30 am

Among those injured in the attack on the night of Friday was an 11-year-old child and a 72-year-old woman, writes Synegubov.

The region was hit by several missiles on the night of Friday, writes the city’s mayor Ihor Terekhov on Telegram.

Residents are encouraged to stay in shelters, writes Governor Oleh Synegubov at 10.40 on Friday morning.

A cameraman from Reuters was on the scene and took pictures of the flames.

This happens just days after Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, was attacked with 50 missiles and 20 drones.

The attacks were then aimed at a number of cities: Lviv, Kyiv, Poltava, Kropyvnytskyi, Zaporizhzhya and Ivano-Frankivsk.

The Ukrainian air force shot down 39 of the 55 Russian missiles and 20 of the 21 drones, Reuters writes, referring to Ukraine’s air defense chief.