at least 13 people injured in Russian strike on hotel in Kharkiv

In total, 19 people were evacuated from the hotel by Ukrainian emergency services, they said on Telegram.

Two Russian missiles targeted a hotel in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, on Wednesday January 10, as Moscow intensifies its strikes to deplete Kiev’s ammunition reserves. The attack left 13 injured, including two foreign reporters, Ukrainian authorities announced Thursday. It is “two journalists from Turkish media: a Turkish citizen and a Georgian citizen”, declared the Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s Office on Telegram. Ten people are “hospitalized”he clarified.

According to the governor of the Kharkiv region, the two Russian S-300 missiles hit the hotel around 10:30 p.m. Thirty civilians were inside, including a team of journalists from France Télévisions, who are safe and sound. The governor added that the most seriously injured person was a 35-year-old man. The other injured are three men aged 31 to 38, and seven women aged 23 to 71.

Lots of fear but we are safe and sound. Our fixer has a few cuts on her face. The Russians targeted the hotel where we had just arrived, 2 missiles in quick succession. The Park Hotel is known to journalists, but it mainly welcomes civilians #Kharkiv https://t.co/9fEjDmQUdO

— Anaïs Hanquet (@AnaisHanquet) January 11, 2024

In total, 19 people were evacuated from the hotel by Ukrainian emergency services, they said on Telegram. Several other buildings, including two residential buildings, as well as cars, were damaged by the Russian strike, the mayor of Kharkiv said on the same social network.