Russian shelling kills 6 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Kiev: At least six people were killed and 16 others injured by Russian shelling on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, according to local sources.

A skyscraper was hit in the shelling late Wednesday, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram.

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Local media said that a cruise missile struck the building, which then caught fire, reports dpa news agency.

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Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said that other locations in the city were also hit, adding that the shelling was “pretty chaotic”.

President Volodymyr Zelensky called the shelling a “vile and cynical attack on civilians for which there is no justification”.

Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, had been heavily shelled by Russian artillery the night before.