Casualties climb to 13 in Russia’s attack on central Kharkiv hotel
The number of victims has climbed to 13 after Russia targeted a central Kharkiv hotel in a missile strike on Jan. 10, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) reported on Telegram.
"Updated information indicates 13 people having been injured as a result of the hotel missile assault," the statement said.
11 people were earlier reported injured in the Russian attack — four men aged 31 to 38 and seven women from 23 to 71, said Kharkiv governor Oleh Synehubov.
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Of the nine that were originally hospitalized, two remain — a 35-year-old man in critical condition and a 71-year-old woman.
One rocket crashed near the hotel’s façade, while the other hit the roof, destroying much of the hotel’s back side.
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Turkish journalists are known to have been staying at the hotel.
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