UKRAINE, BERESTYN, Nov. 18 — At night on Nov. 18, Russian forces attacked Berestyn in Kharkiv oblast with four Iskander missiles, killing a girl and injuring 10 people, said the Kharkiv regional Prosecutor’s Office.

The Russian attack severely injured a 17-year-old Karyna Bakhur, a master of sport and Ukrainian champion in kickboxing and cossack fighting, who later died in the hospital, said Suspilne Kharkiv. The girl was preparing for the World Cup competition in Austria on Nov. 19.

On December 5, the girl would have turned 18.

The photo of Karyna Bakhur, who Russians killed during their attack on Berestyn
Karyna Bakhur, a girl, who Russians killed during their attack on Berestyn on Nov. 18 / Photo: Natalie village military administration

Svitlana Kryvenko, the head of the Berestyn community, said that the girl was running to the shelter when debris injured her. Medics immediately hospitalized her, but she died in the hospital during the operation.

“She covered me with her body,” said Karyna’s father.

He said that their family left the house and returned in 40 minutes, when the second Russian attack hit them. Karyna’s father was also injured, but he refused hospitalisation because of his daughter’s death.

The press service of the Kharkiv military administration said to journalists that the Russians also injured 10 people in Berestyn, eight of them are staying in the hospital, and two others suffered an intense stress reaction.

Kryvenko said that the Russian attack damaged nearly 100 residential buildings and houses. There are no fully destroyed buildings. Over 30 people moved out.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Russian missiles damaged outbuildings, a church, shops, transport infrastructure, and an administrative building.

Russians also damaged the railway infrastructure. Ukrainian Railways changed the routes through Berestyn for several trains and limited the routes of suburban trains in this direction because of the attack.

Oleksii Kuleba, the Minister of Community and Territories Development, said that the Russian attack injured a worker at a railway station and damaged railcars and the infrastructure of four stations.

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