UKRAINE, IZIUM, Feb 4 — Russian troops hit the center of Izium of Kharkiv Oblast with a ballistic missile, killing five people and injuring at least 55, according to the latest information from the local Prosecutor’s Office.
“There was an air raid alert, but the time between it and the strike was so short that people didn’t have time to reach the shelter,” said Oleh Syniehubov, Kharkiv Oblast governor.
Gwara Media has been to Izium to document the aftermath of the Russian attack.
Five people killed in the Russian attack on Izium were three men, aged 43, 61, and 68, and two women, 18 and 19. A 19-year-old woman was pregnant. The rescue operation to get the bodies trapped from under the debris lasted several hours.
Syniehubov said that there was a 14-year-old girl among three people who were severely injured. They are currently hospitalized.
Prosecutor’s Office estimates that Russia hit the city with Iskander-M missile. The attack damaged several administrative and residential buildings. Syniehubov stressed that there were no military presence in the area.
Izium is a city to the southeast of Kharkiv region that was occupied by Russia at the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022 and liberated during the Kharkiv counteroffensive.
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