“Within 24 hours, the occupiers fired on Kyivsky, Industrial, Saltivsky and Nemyshlyansky districts of Kharkiv,” the head of the Kharkiv region military administration Oleh Syniehubov said in his official Telegram channel.
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As a result of Russian strikes at night, the building of one of the educational institutions in the Kyivsky district of Kharkiv was significantly damaged, "the premises were destroyed by 40%".
According to Syniehubov, three civilians were killed and seven have been injured in the past 24 hours.
Situation around Kharkiv
On the line of contact, Ukrainian forces have repelled attacks in the area around Izium while Russia continued to maintain a defensive stance around Kharkiv, trying to prevent a Ukrainian advance, Syniehubov added.
Fighting ensued as 993 people, including 254 children, were evacuated from the temporarily occupied territories in the Kharkiv region, according to Syniehubov. More than 30 buses to Chuhuiv and Kharkiv were used for the evacuation.