At least 47 injured in Russian missile attack on Kharkiv sports centre

Officials say five children were hurt in Sunday’s attack which also damaged a shopping mall.

At least 47 people, including five children, have been injured after a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv.

The attack, which began at about 1pm (10:00 GMT) local time on Sunday, hit a shopping mall and a major sports centre in the northeastern city, which is not far from the border with Russia.

Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the Saltivskyi and Nemyshlianskyi districts came under attack, with the prosecutor general saying Russia used Iskander missiles.

Seven children were among the injured with the youngest just three months old.

“Several people are in a very serious condition,” Ukrainska Pravda reported the mayor as saying.