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Sunday, 22 December
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Missile strike on Kharkiv: foreign journalists came under fire, photos

A journalist and a photographer from Turkish news agency "Anadolu" injured as a result of Russian missile attack on Kharkiv. Both representatives of Turkish news agency were taken to the hospital. Their condition is satisfactory.

This was reported by the "Anadolu Agency".

"During the shelling, two rockets hit the "Park" hotel, where AA journalists were staying. They had been following the Ukrainian-Russian war on the front line for a long time. While the upper floors of the hotel turned into ruins due to the explosion, the building itself was on fire, AA correspondent Davit Kachkachishvili and photojournalist Ozge Elif Kizil, who were staying in the hotel, managed to get out of the destroyed and burning hotel on their own," the statement said.

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It is noted that as a result of the incident, reporter Kachkachishvili received minor cuts on his hands. Both representatives of Turkish news agency were taken to the hospital and are in satisfactory condition.

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The Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov said that Russians shelled the hotel in Kharkiv, where the "Anadolu Agency" (AA) team was staying, around 10:30 p.m. with S-300 missiles.

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Earlier, "Apostrophe" reported that during the massive shelling, Russian missile hit a maternity hospital in Dnipro.