Russian forces conducted ballistic missile strikes on Kharkiv on the night of 2-3 April, injuring five people, including an infant.

Source: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration; National Police of Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast

Quote from Terekhov: "The enemy conducted three ballistic strikes on the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv."

Details: Syniehubov said that four Russian missile strikes had been recorded in the Kyivskyi district of the city.

He later added that a 63-year-old woman had been injured.

Update: Police reported in the morning that five people had been injured in overnight attacks on Kharkiv, including an infant. In total, three districts – Osnovianskyi, Kyivskyi and Shevchenkivskyi – came under Russian attack.

"An office building was damaged in the Osnovianskyi district. A 70-year-old security guard was injured. A house was damaged in the Kyivskyi district. A 27-year-old woman and her infant son suffered from shock," the police said.

The Russians struck the city with missiles early in the morning, damaging windows in high-rise residential buildings and injuring two people. A 63-year-old woman was hospitalised, while an 18-year-old Kharkiv resident suffered from shock.

A strike was recorded near the central park in the Shevchenkivskyi district.

Background: Four more districts of Kharkiv came under Russian strikes as of the evening of 2 April, where seven people were injured.

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