An eight-year-old child was among 15 people killed by Russian shelling Tuesday in the eastern Kharkiv region, governor Oleg Synegubov said. Located in northeastern Ukraine, Kharkiv is a region that borders Russia where many residents who fled at the start of the invasion have begun to return after Russian attempts to capture Ukraine’s second city were repelled. Such are the terrible consequences of Russian daytime shelling in the Kharkiv region,” Synegubov said on Telegram. Russian forces had fired on Chuguiv, a town 30 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of Kharkiv city, killing six and wounding four, he said. Another five people died and 11 were injured in Kharkiv city, and the eight-year-old child was killed in the suburbs in an attack that also wounded his mother.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 22, 2022 05:43 UTC