At least five people killed in Russian missile attacks on Kharkiv

Rescuers remove the rubble at a block of flats damaged by the overnight Russian missile attack in the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. Five people have been killed and 25 injured after Russian forces launched five S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from Russia’s Belgorod region at Kharkiv on the night of May 31. -/Ukrinform/dpa

At least five people have been killed and more than two dozen injured in Russian missile attacks in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram on Friday.

Most of the victims lived in a five-storey apartment block. The attacks also damaged a fire engine and an ambulance, he said.

At least 20 residential buildings were damaged as a result of the attack. The Russian military fired five missiles at the city, he said.

The capital Kiev was attacked with at least one cruise missile, the authorities said, adding that a car repair shop, a car wash and half a dozen vehicles were damaged by falling rocket debris.

A transformer station was damaged, the energy company DTEK said, but the power supply has already been restored. There were no casualties.

Ukraine has been fending off a full-scale Russian invasion for over two years. Due to Russian attacks on the Ukrainian power supply, there are repeated power cuts.

Cars crushed by the rubble are pictured outside a block of flats damaged by the overnight Russian missile attack in the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. Five people have been killed and 25 injured after Russian forces launched five S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from Russia’s Belgorod region at Kharkiv on the night of May 31. -/Ukrinform/dpa