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One killed in Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv, mayor says

Russian air strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv on Wednesday killed one person and injured another six, the city's mayor said.

"Five-story houses were severely damaged. The institute of emergency surgery was also damaged," Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on the Telegram messenger app.

Russia attacked the city with guided bombs on Wednesday for the first time since 2022, damaging a school and a residential area, regional police said.

"Kharkiv was hit by aerial bombs - for the first time since 2022," Serhiy Bolvinov, the head of the investigative department of the regional police, said on Facebook.