KHARKIV, UKRAINE, March 20 – The Russian military attacked a civilian enterprise in Kharkiv at 1 p.m. The fire broke out over 2,000 square meters as a result of the shelling. The State Emergency Service preliminary said that the strike killed one person, whose body was found at the scene. Five people were also injured.
Gwara Media journalist reports from the site that all five wounded with burns have been taken to a regional hospital and are being treated. There are at least three dead. Their bodies are in the fire’s midst.
Rescuers have been trying to extinguish the fire for three hours. Later, they will begin to clear the rubble. According to preliminary data, dozens of bodies of the printing company’s employees may be found.
Police also reported the Russians might have attacked with an X-59 missile, but Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov told Gwara Media journalist that it might have been an Iskander missile.
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