Family killed in fire due to overnight attack on Kharkiv - child's body not yet found

This was reported by the chairman of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov.

A family died in a fire in one of the private residential houses: a husband and wife and their three children (seven-year-old, four-year-old and seven-month-old boys).

The man's body was found in the corridor of the house, while the mother and her children tried to escape in the bathroom. The search for the body of the youngest boy continues," Sinegubov said.

According to him, the fire was caused by a fuel leak, after which the dangerous substance ended up in the street.

In another house spouses died: a 66-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman.

Two women 61 and 39 years old, a 45-year-old man were injured.

All circumstances are being established. The appropriate services are working on the site, - added the head of the Regional State Administration.

In the Kharkiv police specified that the Russians during the shelling of Kharkiv used UAV "Shahed". Night fire destroyed 14 private houses, more than 50 people were evacuated.