Nine children among 31 wounded by Russian shelling in Ukraine

Russian shelling wounded at least 31 people, including nine children, in the small town of Pervomaiskyi in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region on Tuesday, officials said, reported from Yahoo. 

"Preliminary, 16 people were injured, including seven children. The youngest child is one year old. The victims were taken to a medical facility," the statement reads.

According to police, a high-rise building was damaged and cars caught fire.

Oleh Synehubov, the Kharkiv region's governor, said on the Telegram messaging app that the shelling took place at 13:35 Kyiv time (1035 GMT) and several cars were on fire. He said the windows of eight multi-story building were smashed.

He posted several pictures of the building with smashed windows, dark smoke clouds, charred trees, and an overturned car.

"As of 3:00 p.m., we know of a significant number of wounded: 31 people were taken to a hospital (nine of them are children, 2 infants - 1 year, and 10 months)," Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy's office, said on the Telegram messaging app.





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