Six Dead In Russian Rocket Strike On Ukraine

October 22, 2023 8:05 am

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say six people have died in a missile strike on a mail depot in the eastern city of Kharkiv. A further 16 people were injured in the blast, which is believed to have been caused by a Russian S-300 rocket, the Kharkiv governor said on social media. Meanwhile, officials in southern Ukraine said Sunday that the Russian military had used a record number of aerial bombs over the country’s Kherson region. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian military’s Operational Command South said that 36 missiles had been recorded over the area in the past 24 hours.