2 missile strikes on Kharkiv, 1 on Zmiiv: cafe, shops and car wash damaged

OLENA ROSHCHINA – WEDNESDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2022, 08:50

Russian forces carried out two missile strikes on the city of Kharkiv and one on the city of Zmiiv in Kharkiv Oblast on the night of 6–7 September. On 6 September, two civilians sustained injuries in the town of Pechenihy.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Syniehubov: "Last night the Russians carried out two missile strikes on the Nemyshlinskyi neighbourhood of Kharkiv. One of the missiles hit a two-storey building, causing a nearby car wash to catch fire and damaging a cafe, several stores and several cars. The second missile hit the ground. Preliminary reports indicate there are no casualties.

Around 04:00 today [on 7 September], another missile hit the city of Zmiiv in the Chuhuiv district [Kharkiv Oblast]. The missile hit the ground near a medical establishment. Fortunately, there are no casualties."

Details: Over the course of the past 24 hours, Russian forces fired on cities, towns and villages in the Bohodukhiv, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv and Izium districts in Kharkiv Oblast, damaging several residential buildings and outbuildings and causing fires.

On 6 September, two civilians – a man aged 45 and a 17-year-old boy – were injured following a Russian missile strike on the town of Pechenihy in the Chuhuiv district.

Two women, aged 41 and 51, sustained injuries in the Bohodukhiv district; one of them is in mild condition and the other in moderate.

Quote from Syniehubov: "Fighting is currently underway along the entire line of contact. The enemy continues to actively fire on the positions of our troops; the Ukrainian Armed Forces return their fire.

The occupiers from private military companies have sustained significant losses in the temporarily [Russian-]occupied village of Oleksandrivka following a successful operation carried out by our defenders."

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