Key facts
- Four rescuers were killed and six were injured in a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv.
- The attack involved a double-tap strike, meaning a second missile hit the same location shortly after the first.
- The missiles landed approximately 30 meters from the emergency personnel.
A Russian double-tap missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has resulted in the deaths of four rescuers and injuries to six others. According to Bohdan Hladkykh, Director of the Kharkiv City Emergency Department, the second missile in the attack landed approximately 30 meters away from the emergency personnel who were attending to the initial strike.
The tactic of a double-tap strike involves launching a second missile at a location shortly after the first, often targeting first responders who arrive at the scene of the initial attack.