Russian Missile Kills 2 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region: Governor

June 18, 2023Updated: June 18, 2023

KYIV—Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Synehubov revised the death toll from a Russian missile strike on a small Ukrainian village in the east to two people on Saturday.

Synehubov initially said on the Telegram messaging app that four people were killed as a Russian anti-tank guided missile hit a car driving towards the village of Huriyv Kozachok which is near the border with Russia.

Later he gave provided an update, saying that two volunteers—a 42-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman were killed.