The number of victims of the strike on Kharkiv has risen to 24 people, there are fatalities

Explosions were heard in Kharkiv around 16:00. The Russians struck a dormitory neighbourhood of the city hitting a construction hypermarket. At the time of the blow there could be up to 200 people in the shop. This was reported by the mayor of the city Igor Terekhov in Telegram-channel.

At the moment it is known about two dead and 24 injured people, but the number may increase significantly.

There are a large number of people missing. There are a lot of injured people. The strike struck exactly on the shopping centre, where there were many people - this is pure terrorism," he wrote.

The head of the Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov also wrote that the occupants hit the "civilian trade infrastructure", there was a fire. The number of victims is being established.

Later, the city's mayor reported that repeated explosions were heard in the city. The Russians hit the central archway with rockets. The damage is specified.

We will remind, this is not the first time today in Kharkiv explosions are heard. On the night of 25 May, the Russians hit the educational institution of the city. As a result of the shelling was devastating workshop and damaged the main building of the lyceum.