Russia Fired Iskander-M Missiles At Kharkiv City Center

The Kharkiv Palace Hotel is seriously damaged judging by the pictures.

The investigation established the type of missile that the Russians used to hit the Kharkiv Palace Hotel on December 30. The head of the Kharkiv Regional Police Volodymyr Timoshko told the journalists of Suspilne about it.

According to him, the Russian forces attacked the city with Iskander-M missiles.

"The Russians hit the building of the Kharkiv Palace Hotel and a residential building in the center of Kharkiv on the evening of December 30 with Iskander-M missiles," Timoshko said.

He also noted that the hotel was not empty, but the number of people who were in the building at the time of the air attack is unknown.

"It is known that 34 rooms were occupied in the hotel, but how many guests were at the time of the attack has not yet been defined," Timoshko said.

Also, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Sinehubov said that the hit in the Kharkiv Palace was on the 12th floor. According to him, after the first hits, people managed to go down to the shelter, so only two people had minor injuries.

On December 30, Russian invaders attacked the center of Kharkiv. There were at least six hits.

A British journalist is also among the victims there. According to the latest data, 20 people were injured, including two children (14 and 16 years old), as a result of Russian shelling.

A hotel, residential buildings, a kindergarten, City Hall buildings, shops, restaurants, malls and cars fell under the attack.