6 dead in Russian strike on postal depot

by time news

2023-10-22 08:49:00

Russian missile attacks on a postal depot in the Kharkiv region, in northeastern Ukraine, caused the death of six people on Saturday October 21, local officials reported. 14 people were also injured in this attack. “The 6 people killed and 14 injured by the attack of the occupiers were employees of the company who were inside the Nova Pochta terminal,” said the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegoubov.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video on social media of what appears to be a badly damaged warehouse next to debris and a container bearing the logo of Ukrainian postal operator Nova Pochta. “The victims, aged 19 aged 42, were injured by shrapnel and blast (from the explosions),” he added.

Fourteen people are hospitalized, including 7 in serious condition, according to Oleg Sinegoubov.

Two missiles reportedly hit the warehouse

According to the regional prosecutor’s office, Russian forces in the Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, fired S-300 missiles, and two of them hit the warehouse.

“Analysis of the debris continues at the scene in order to establish the exact number of injured and dead,” office spokesperson Dmytro Tchoubenko told state media Suspilne.

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