A residential building in the city center of Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, was struck by a Russian missile, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring 16, Ukraine's interior minister said on October 6.
Aftermath Of Another Deadly Strike In Ukraine's Kharkiv
A woman reacts following a missile attack that killed a child in the northeastern city of Kharkiv on October 6. According to Ukrainian officials, early morning missile attacks also targeted grain and port facilities in Odesa, in the country's south.
Emergency workers remove the body of a 10-year-old boy. Tymofii, who was killed in the strike that hit a multistory building in central Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov and regional Governor Oleh Synyehubov said on October 6.
"The child was found under the rubble of a residential building. Unfortunately dead. Condolences to the parents and relatives," Terekhov wrote on Telegram.
An injured man is seen at the site of the strike. At least 16 people were wounded, including an 11-month-old baby.
The injured man is tended to in the back of an ambulance.
An upturned car is seen near a large crater following the strike.
Residents watch as emergency crews work at the scene.
An injured man stands in front of a destroyed building.
Rescuers work at the site of a residential building in Kharkiv.
The attack comes less than 24 hours after another deadly missile strike in Ukraine's northeast that killed at least 50 people while they were attending a wake.
Firefighters extinguish a fire that destroyed a car near the residential buildings.
A rescue worker holds a dog as local residents look on.
Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilians, but many have been killed in attacks that have hit residential areas as well as energy, defense, port, grain and other facilities.
A man walks across debris at the site of the strike.