46 injured in Russian strike on Kharkiv, says Emergency Service
In Kharkiv, emergency rescue operations and debris clearance
concluded at midnight following a Russian strike on Nov. 1, according to the regional office of
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) on Nov. 2.
Rescue officials reported that the attack resulted in one
death and injured 46 people.
“Responding to the strike on a residential building in
Kharkiv were rescue teams from the Kharkiv and Ivano-Frankivsk garrisons of the
SES, the 2nd Special Rapid Response Center, municipal services, and volunteer
search dog teams. A total of 200 cubic meters of construction debris were
cleared. SES psychologists provided assistance to 15 people at the scene,” the
service reported.
According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, Russian
forces launched the missile strike around 4 p.m. on Nov. 1, targeting a police
location in one of Kharkiv’s districts with two missiles.
The attack damaged an administrative building, private homes,
apartment blocks, stores, and over ten vehicles. Preliminary police findings
indicate that S-300/400 missiles were used in the strike.
Later, the Office of the Prosecutor General clarified that
the Russian attack on Kharkiv killed one police officer and wounded 26 officers
and four civilians.
Head of Ukraine’s National Police Ihor Klymenko confirmed
that Colonel Andrii Matviienko, a police officer, was killed in the strike.
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