The Russian defence ministry has said it carried out an attack on Kharkiv, after Ukrainian authorities reported a missile attack overnight.

“As a result of high-precision missile attack launched by the Russian aerospace forces at the AFU [armed forces of Ukraine], workshops for assembling armoured vehicles near the Malyshev machine-building plant in Kharkov were hit,” said the Russian defence ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov .

According to the head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleg Sinegubov, a 35-year-old local resident received shrapnel wounds as a result of the impact.

The Guardian has not been able to verify these reports.