Russian forces attacked the city of Kharkiv on Aug. 30 with UMPB D-30 munitions, killing at least seven people, including a child, and injuring 97 others, local authorities stated,
The Kyiv Independent reports.
The Russian strike hit a 12-story residential building in the city's Industrialnyi district, causing a fire. At least three people were killed, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
Kharkiv's Nemyshlianskyi district also came under attack, killing a 14-year-old girl, according to Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov. There are 22 children among the injured, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
Russian forces also hit downtown Kharkiv and the city's Slobidskyi district, damaging a warehouse building and three houses, the governor said.
Syniehubov said that 20 of those injured are in serious or "extremely serious" condition.
"There may be people on the upper floors of the hit building, including at least one woman. There is a risk that the building will be destroyed," he added.
The body of a woman was removed from the rubble in the evening, bringing the death toll of the attack to seven.
