Several dead as Russia attacks Kharkiv in Ukraine

Russian shelling of Ukraine's second-largest city killed at least six people on Monday and injured 31 others, prosecutors and local officials said.

Hours earlier, Russian troops launched three missile strikes on Kharkiv.

Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram that the shelling came from multiple rocket launchers, and those hospitalized for injuries in the attacks included children aged 4 and 16.

Six civilians were killed, including a 17-year-old boy with his father, who were passing by in a car during the shelling of the car repair shop.

Iryna Paraskevova lost her husband Georgy Paraskevov when a shell hit and he went outside to see the smoke.

"He always wanted to see those smokes. God forgive me. Why didn't I pull him away? I don't know. I'm sorry," she lamented.

The strikes came just two days after a Russian rocket attack struck apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 24 people in the town of Chasiv Yar.