Man injured, hospital damaged in Russian shelling of Kharkiv region

Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, shared the information on Telegram.

According to him a man received shrapnel wounds, doctors provided him with the necessary assistance.  Also, a hospital was damaged, the building's windows were shattered.

The head wrote on Telegram "The occupiers once again hit the Kupyansk region.

This afternoon as a result of shelling, in the village of Kivsharivka, a 31-year-old paramedic has been injured in Kivsharivka. The man suffered shrapnel wounds, doctors have provided the necessary assistance. The hospital has been damaged, its windows shattered.

Russian trools keep on terrorizing the civilian population, civilians and infrastructure are suffering again.  Occupiers must be punished for all crimes!"

• On December 16, Russian troops launched 10 missiles at the Kharkiv region, 2 of the missiles were shot down by Ukraine's air defense forces.  The massive enemy attack on the region began at 7 a.m., when an enemy S-300 missile hit a hospital in Kupyansk.  As a result of shelling, the hospital's infectious department and pharmacy were damaged.