Ukraine’s navy says it has destroyed a Russian Black Sea fleet minesweeper. Meanwhile, an attack on a residential area in Kharkiv left six civilians injured – with Ukraine saying it is investigating the bombing as a potential war crime.
Five killed and nine injured in two attacks on Kharkiv villages
Five people have died in strikes on two villages in the Kupiansk district in Kharkiv, local officials say.
It brings the number of people killed in the Kharkiv region today to 10, after five people died in strikes on a recreation area in a northern suburb of the city of Kharkiv.
Local governor Oleh Syniehubov said Russian forces shelled two villages with a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher.
At least nine people were injured in the attacks.
In pictures: Aftermath of strikes in Kharkiv
We’re getting photos of the aftermath of strikes on a recreation area just outside Kharkiv which killed five people and left at least 16 injured.
The pictures show a lakeside resort, where shortly before the attacks local residents were “resting, enjoying a normal way of life”, according to a local police inspector (see our 11.54 post).
Parademics and police tend to the wounded, but were also caught up in the second strike, which came about 20 minutes after the first.
These are known as “double tap” strikes, which kill or injure emergency workers at the scene of strike impacts.
Here are the latest photos from the scene…
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