UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Oct. 16 — In the morning, Russian forces attacked the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, killing two and injuring 19 people, the Kharkiv regional police said.
Gwara Media journalists reported from the impact site that Russians attacked a flea market and killed two market vendors. They documented the consequences of the attack.
According to Oleh Syniehubov, the governor, Russians killed a 71-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man. Medical personnel managed to resuscitate one of the severely injured people, who is currently in serious condition at the hospital.
“I don’t know the people who died very well, but I can recognize them by their faces. It’s raining today, so not many people came out. And I was silly enough to go out,” said Iryna, one of the vendors, as she gathered up her goods that the blast wave had thrown around.
Iryna was injured — her arm is bandaged.
Of the 19 people affected by the Russian attack, 12 were wounded, and another five suffered acute stress reactions. The medics hospitalized 10 people, two of whom have severe injuries, Syniehubov added.
Also, Russian troops launched airstrikes on the Industrialnyi and Nemyshlianskyi districts today. In the Nemyshlianskyi, the attack damaged a civilian business and injured three people.
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