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| Ukraine war: Kharkiv postal building missile strike kills six | Ukraine war: Kharkiv postal building missile strike kills six |
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| President Zelensky said a Russian missile hit the Novaya Poshta terminal in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine | President Zelensky said a Russian missile hit the Novaya Poshta terminal in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine |
| Six people have been killed and a further 14 injured after a missile hit a postal distribution centre in eastern Ukraine late on Saturday night. | Six people have been killed and a further 14 injured after a missile hit a postal distribution centre in eastern Ukraine late on Saturday night. |
| Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram the Nova Poshta sorting office was struck in Kharkiv. | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram the Nova Poshta sorting office was struck in Kharkiv. |
| Pictures from the scene posted on President Zelensky's account showed the building with windows blown out. | Pictures from the scene posted on President Zelensky's account showed the building with windows blown out. |
| Kharkiv's regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said the private delivery company was "strictly a civilian site". | Kharkiv's regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said the private delivery company was "strictly a civilian site". |
| "The Russians have inflicted more terror on Kharkiv's peaceful population," he wrote in his own Telegram post. | "The Russians have inflicted more terror on Kharkiv's peaceful population," he wrote in his own Telegram post. |
| President Zelensky added that a rescue operation was continuing, with emergency services working at the scene. | President Zelensky added that a rescue operation was continuing, with emergency services working at the scene. |
| Russia has not yet commented on the alleged strike, but has previously denied targeting civilians during its invasion of Ukraine. | Russia has not yet commented on the alleged strike, but has previously denied targeting civilians during its invasion of Ukraine. |
| Mr Syniehubov said all six people killed and 14 others injured were Nova Poshta terminal employees. | |
| Kharkiv, which is Ukraine's second largest city, is located only 30km (19 miles) from the Russian border. | |
| The north-eastern city was heavily bombed during the first weeks of the war in February 2022. | |
| Earlier this month, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Ukraine's first underground school would be built in the city to allow children to continue in-person education safely. | |
| War in maps: Ukraine widening Russia defences breach | |
| Meanwhile in the south, Ukraine has been waging a counter-offensive campaign since June. | |
| The war-torn country aims to sever Russia's land corridor to the Crimean peninsula - which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. | |
| But the counter-offensive has so far proven slow, bringing only limited territorial gains. | |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Russia-Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war |
| Volodymyr Zelensky | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| Ukraine | Ukraine |