UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Mar 22 — Criminologists have identified four people who died due to the Russian missile attack on the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv on March 20, 2024, reported the Police of the Kharkiv Oblast.

Police identified the victims as two women born in 1967 and 1970 and two men born in 1973 and 1982. One man remains unidentified.

“The police are currently waiting for biological samples from the mother of one of the missing persons,” the police said.

What is known about the Russian shelling of Kharkiv on 20 March

On March 20, at around 1 p.m., the Russian troops shelled a private enterprise building in the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv. The shelling caused a fire to break out in the building, with 65 people inside at the time.

The attack killed five people — two women and three men — and another ten civilians, including eight men and two women, sustained injuries of varying severity. On the same day, the police reported five people missing.

UPD from 6:20 p.m., Mar 22: Mistranslation in the headline fixed.

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