A nighttime strike on a residential area left families facing fires, injuries, and a teenager suffering an acute stress reaction.
During the night of August 23, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with a rocket-propelled drone. The strike hit a private house in the Osnovianskyi district, sparking fires.
A rocket-propelled “Shahed” struck the Osnovianskyi district. Emergency services are on their way to the scene.
– Kharkiv Regional Military Administration
Seven people injured in Kharkiv
It became known in the morning that seven people had been injured in the Russian strike. They included six adults and a 15-year-old boy who suffered an acute stress reaction.
women aged 74, 39, 23, and 28;
men aged 38 and 28;
a 15-year-old teenager diagnosed with an acute stress reaction.
Rescuers dealt with the aftermath of the attack
The strike set two private houses and an outbuilding on fire. State Emergency Service units promptly arrived at the scene and extinguished the fires.
Two private houses and an outbuilding caught fire. State Emergency Service units promptly dealt with the aftermath of the attack.
– Syniehubov
The Russian attack caused destruction to Kharkiv’s private residential buildings and injured civilian residents.