Don't take risks, Kharkiv OVA urged people not to return yet/Collage of 24 channels
From the first day of the full-scale invasion, Kharkiv has been under constant enemy shelling. Now up to 1 million people remain in the city – this is more than half of the inhabitants.
Kharkiv residents are returning home en masse, but the authorities urge them to refrain for now. Natalya Popov, adviser to the head of the Kharkiv OVA, told Channel 24 about this. regions, it is better not to risk it.
“This is a burden on the transport system, the healthcare system and the housing stock. In conditions of powerful shelling, mass gatherings of people become especially dangerous,” Natalia said.
What is known about the shelling Kharkov on June 21
In the afternoon of June 21, Russians fired on Kharkov again. Once again, residential areas and civilians suffered. Now it is known about 4 dead and 10 injured. Unfortunately, as a result of shrapnel wounds, the life of an 8-year-old child was cut short.
It is noted that this time Kharkiv was shelled from multiple launch rocket systems, which can hit several tens of kilometers from the city. One of the missiles hit the object of the Kharkov metro. Due to the explosions, a fire broke out in one of the districts, and in others there were interruptions in electricity, water and communications.
According to the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov, Russian infidels intensified shelling of the region and commit terror against the civilian population , because they cannot succeed in battles against the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The last blows to the Kharkiv region
- On the night of June 20, the Russians hit the city of Lyubotin with 2 rockets. One of the rockets hit a professional lyceum. Fortunately, none of the local residents were hurt. It is known that at the time of arrival there was a security guard in the building – she miraculously did not suffer.
- The militants attacked the State Biotechnological University in Kharkov. The educational institution was hit by two rockets. The shock wave knocked out all the windows and tore out the front door of the offices.
- The Russian military is using shells filled with flechettes (a metal rod in the shape of an arrow) against the civilian population. The use of such shells in densely populated areas is a violation of humanitarian law
- A day earlier, an enemy shell hit the village of Ivanovka, Kharkiv region. As a result of the shelling, three children were wounded.
- On June 18, Kharkiv residents again heard the sounds of explosions. An air raid alert was issued in the city. Earlier, residents of Krivoy Rog reported about “arrivals”. There is no official information about what happened yet.
