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2 Killed In Russian Strike On Ukraine's Kharkiv


Aftermath of a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv (file photo)
Aftermath of a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv (file photo)

Two people were killed and six wounded in a Russian strike on Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, early on April 30, regional head Oleh Synyehubov said on Telegram as an air-raid alert was announced for most of the country. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said separately that two infrastructure targets were hit during the strike. The air-raid alert was declared for the regions of Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzya, and Donetsk. To read the original stories by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here and here.

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