Death toll from Russian strikes on Kharkiv rises to four on January 2. Another body found under rubble

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Svitlana Kravchenko
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On January 4, fragments of another personʼs body were found at the site of Russian strikes on a residential building in Kharkiv.

This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov.

Thus, the number of people killed in the shelling on January 2 has increased to four. Search and rescue operations in the city are ongoing.

On Friday, January 2, Russian forces fired missiles at high-rise buildings in central Kharkiv. By the evening of that day, the number of casualties had risen to 30. The body of a child was found under the rubble.

The attack destroyed a five-story building, as well as part of the entrance to a four-story building. Windows and facades in neighboring buildings and more than 10 cars were damaged.

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