One person was killed and 14 others were injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kharkiv and Dnipro

One person was killed and 14 others were injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kharkiv and Dnipro. According to DW, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov and Head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov reported missile strikes on two districts of the city.

Syniehubov stated that one strike hit the Slobidskyi district, and three more hit the Nemyshlianskyi district. A 13-year-old girl is among those who experienced an acute stress reaction following the attack.

Residential buildings were damaged in the Nemyshlianskyi district. According to Terekhov's preliminary data, more than a hundred windows were shattered. The mayor also stated that a S8000 "Banderol" missile was used in at least one of the attacks.

The evening strikes were the second series of attacks carried out on Kharkiv during that day. According to local authorities, a 71-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man were killed, and 22 people were injured in the morning strikes. Ten people were hospitalized, two of them in critical condition.

On the evening of October 16, Dnipro was also hit. Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported that a fire broke out on the outskirts of the city. One man was killed, and four others were wounded.

Kharkiv had also faced attacks in previous days. Local authorities reported that three people were killed and 11 were wounded in strikes overnight into October 13. At that time, one of the missiles hit a four-story house, completely destroying one of its entrances. In attacks on the city and the region on October 11, another two people were killed.