Two people were killed in an airstrike on the city of Vovchansk, Kharkiv region of Ukraine, head of the regional administration Oleh Synehubov reports.
Photo: Oleh Synehubov / Telegram channel
“The bodies of two people — a 50-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman — were found during the search and rescue operations at the location of the airstrike on Vovchansk,” Synehubov writes in a Telegram post.
Furthermore, spouses aged 68 and 54 were wounded in the strike.
According to the local authorities, two residential buildings, outbuildings, and a market were damaged in the strike. Around 60 market stalls burnt down during the fire that resulted from the strike.
Photo: Oleh Synehubov / Telegram channel
In the Petropavlivka village of the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region, at least five residential buildings were damaged as a result of shelling, with a 18-year-old young woman getting injured. She was hospitalised.
In the Dvorichna village of the same district, a 77-year-old woman was wounded. She was hospitalised in critical condition.
Yesterday, 18 April, Russian troops shelled Kherson, south Ukraine, killing one person and injuring nine more, the Kherson authorities reported.