UPD: Rescuers retrieved the body of the fifth deceased from the rubble, the number of injured increased to 55, including three children: a 6-year-old boy and 14 and 16-year-old girls.
Russian military hit Izyum in the Kharkiv region with a ballistic missile, four people died (two women and two men), at least one more is under the rubble, 24 people were injured, reported the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Synegubov. Among the injured is a 15-year-old girl with shrapnel wounds.
The target of the strike was the city center. «The Russians hit an administrative building. Another administrative building nearby was damaged, as well as multi-story residential buildings. There is no military object in this place», added Synegubov later.
«This cruelty cannot be reconciled with. Pressure must be applied to Russia, using as much force as possible — the force of weapons, the force of sanctions, the force of diplomacy, — to stop the terror and protect lives», wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a telegram channel.
Earlier, the head of the Kharkiv RMA reported that the cities of Izyum and Balakliya are being prepared for circular defense, fortifications are being erected.
Tonight, the Russian army launched strike drones over the territory of Ukraine. An air raid alert was declared in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, and Poltava regions, as well as in part of the Cherkasy region.
Photo: Suspilne Kharkiv