Kharkiv’s Prosecutor’s Office: Russia hits Kharkiv railway station with Iskander missiles, number of victims increases – photos
Pravda Ukraine
Early reports indicate that Russian troops fired two Iskander-M missiles at the village of Budy in Kharkiv Oblast, killing two people and injuring 23, including a 14-year-old girl.
Source: Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office
Quote: “On 13 July, at about 15:40, the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile attack on a railway station in the village of Budy, Kharkiv Oblast. After the arrival of the [emergency] services, Russian troops used the double-tap strike tactics and fired a missile at exactly the same location.
The head of the Kharkiv District Department of the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv Region and a police officer of the Patrol Police Response Unit […] of the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast were killed.
23 people, including a 14-year-old girl, suffered injuries of various degrees of severity.”
Details: The attacks damaged railway infrastructure facilities, residential buildings and cars.
The prosecutor’s office clarified that, according to early reports, the Russian Armed Forces hit the village with two Iskander-M missiles.
Background:
- On Saturday afternoon, Russian troops struck twice at the village of Budy in Kharkiv district. Earlier, it was reported that two people were killed and 22 injured in the strikes.
- The attack killed Artem Kostyria, head of the Kharkiv District Department of the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv Oblast, and Oleksii Koshchii, a police officer of the patrol police response sector of the Kharkiv District Police Department.
- Five railway workers were among the injured.
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