Civil airfield near Kharkiv damaged by missile strike

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Civil airfield near Kharkiv
A private airfield in Kharkiv region was hit by a missile strike early Saturday (June 4), the manager of the Kharkiv Aeroclub told Reuters. Local authorities did not report any casualties.

The strike destroyed several hangars and one plane.

Ten planes were damaged, Kharkiv Aeroclub manager Serhii Filatov said.

The planes stationed on the airfield were used for sport and private matters, pilot Oleksii Ahiievych told Reuters.

“I don’t understand what goals they (Russians) tried to achieve here,” he said while inspecting damaged planes.

Kharkiv, Ukraine's second biggest city, had been relatively quiet since Ukrainian forces regained territory around it and pushed back Russian troops earlier this month.

Kharkiv suffered heavy bombardment from the very start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, which left the city of 1.5 million a wasteland of ruined buildings and debris.

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