Overnight Russian Missile Attack Hits Kharkiv Hotel, Injuring 11

Ukrainian rescue personnel work at the site of a Russian missile attack on a hotel in Kharkiv late on January 10 that wounded 11 people, according to local authorities.

The strike comes just weeks ahead of the war's second anniversary, with both Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other of inflicting civilian casualties in a sharp escalation of attacks.

A policeman helps a woman who was staying at the hotel during the attack.

"Two missiles hit a hotel in the center of Kharkiv. There were no military personnel there. Instead, there were 30 civilians, 11 of whom were wounded," Mayor Ihor Terekhov posted on Telegram.

An injured woman reacts to the missile attack.

One of the wounded is in "very serious condition," he said, adding that "Turkish journalists are among the victims."

 

According to the state emergency services, those hurt in the strike were "hotel staff and guests, one of whom is a foreign journalist."

Rescuers evacuated 19 people, the emergency services said on Telegram, sharing a video of buildings with blown-out windows.

Several other buildings, including two apartment blocks, were also reported damaged in the latest strike.

Oleh Synyehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, said two Russian S-300 missiles had hit the hotel around 10:30 p.m. on January 10.

Located about 30 kilometers from the Russian border, Ukraine's second-largest city has seen regular and often deadly aerial assaults.