Russian shelling hits university and residential building in Kharkiv
On Sunday, 5 February, Russian troops shelled Kharkiv, with the city centre under attack.
A rocket hit the central building of Kharkiv National University of Municipal Economy named after A.N. Beketov. A security guard was lightly injured.
The rocket hit the five-storey building of the higher educational institution and caused serious damage. It damaged the building structures of the fifth and fourth floors. The fire area was 50 sq.m.," a representative of the regional rescue department, Yevhen Vasilenko, said about the university building, quoted by Suspіlne Kharkiv.
Another rocket hit the foundation of a four-storey residential building. The walls of the house survived, but all the windows and glass flew out. There are damaged cars, one was smashed to pieces," said the publication.
Now five people are known to have been injured: four are residents of the apartment building and the fifth is a university security guard.
Three of the wounded were treated on the spot, two were hospitalized," said Olena Barannik, spokeswoman for the Kharkiv National Police.
According to OVA chairman Oleh Sinegubov, the Russian Federation launched two strikes on central Kharkiv, tentatively with S-300 missiles.
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