Illustrative Photo: A missile launched from Russia's Belgorod Oblast flies toward Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 7, 2023. (Vadym Bielikov/AFP via Getty Images)
A Russian missile strike on Kharkiv has injured nine people, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Jan. 10.
The city has been attacked by Russia for four days in a row. According to Syniehubov, Russian forces used S-300 missiles in the evening attack.
The strike hit civilian infrastructure and there is a "high rate of victims among the people who were in it," Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
An evening attack on Jan. 9 damaged a medical building, a canteen, and a children's health center in Kharkiv, but no casualties were reported. S-300 missiles were also used in this attack.
On Jan. 8, Russian forces attacked the city in the morning, and on Jan. 7, the city came under a missile attack in the evening.
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