Russian missile strike on Kharkiv postal centre kills 6

Russian missile strikes on mail depot in Ukraine’s north-eastern Kharkiv region have killed at least six people and wounded 14 others, local officials have said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shared a video on Saturday night showing what appeared to be a heavily damaged warehouse surrounded by rubble and a container with the logo of Ukrainian postal operator Nova Poshta. He said it was a civilian facility and urged Ukraine’s allies to unite in the “fight against terror”.

Kharkiv region governor Oleh Synehubov said: “All six dead and 14 injured as a result of the occupiers’ attack were employees of the company who were inside the Nova Poshta terminal. “This is strictly a civilian site,” he said. “The Russians have inflicted more terror on Kharkiv’s peaceful population.”

“The victims, aged between 19 and 42, received shrapnel wounds and blast injuries,” he added.

Of the 14 being treated in hospital, seven were in a serious condition. “Doctors are fighting for their lives,” he said.

According to the regional prosecutor’s office, Russian forces in the Belgorod region north of Kharkiv fired S-300 missiles, two of which hit the warehouse.

“Debris analysis continues at the site in order to establish the exact number of injured and dead,” office spokesman Dmytro Chubenko told Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster.

Russia has not yet commented on the strike.

Source: The Guardian