Russian forces launched a missile attack on the city of Kharkiv and the surrounding oblast in the morning of December 28, prompting air-raid sirens to sound across the region.
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Russians have attacked Kharkiv on the morning of 28 December.
Air-raid sirens were sounded at 09:02 in Kharkiv and across the oblast, as well as in a number of eastern and central oblasts.
Russian missiles hit Kharkiv’s Slodidskyi district on Dec. 28, reported by Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
Areas of Veterynarne, Ohirtseve, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Staritsa, Dvorichna, Novomlynsk settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling.
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