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Russian shelling of the city of Pervomaiskyi in Kharkiv Oblast injured at least 16 people, including seven children, the regional police service reported on July 4.
The explosions in the city were reported around 1:35 p.m. local time, according to the oblast governor Oleh Syniehubov.
"Based on preliminary information, a high-explosive projectile was used in the shelling," Syniehubov wrote on Telegram.
"As a result, several cars caught fire in the parking lot. Currently, we know of 12 injured people, including five children."
The governor informed that appropriate services are working on the site and the injured are receiving medical attention.
On July 3, a 32-year-old man was hospitalized after detonating a mine in Izium, Syniehubov reported.
Russian attacks kill 9, injure 34 over past day
Russian strikes targeted nine oblasts over the past day, killing at least nine civilians and injuring 34, local officials reported on July 4. The attacks targeted Chernihiv, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, and Mykolaiv oblasts.


Martin Fornusek
News Editor
Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.
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