Russian strike kills six at postal depot in Kharkiv region

The strikes hit a postal depot. At least six people were killed and 14 injured on Saturday, October 21, by Russian missile fire on the Kharkiv region, in northeastern Ukraine, according to local officials. “The six people killed and the 14 injured by the attack of the occupiers were employees of the company who were inside the Nova Pochta terminal,” announced the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegoubov.

“The victims, aged 19 to 42, were injured by shrapnel and blast [des explosions]”, he added. Of the 14 people hospitalized, seven are in serious condition, according to the local official.

S-300 missile launches

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, shared a video on social media of what appears to be a badly damaged warehouse next to debris and a container bearing the logo of Ukrainian postal operator Nova Pochta.

According to the regional prosecutor’s office, Russian forces in the Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, fired S-300 missiles, and two of them hit the warehouse.

“Analysis of the debris continues at the scene in order to establish the exact number of injuries and deaths,” office spokesperson Dmytro Chubenko told state media Suspilne.

Between Friday and Saturday, Russian strikes left at least three dead and four injured, this time in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk.