Kharkiv hit by nearly 30 overnight strikes as casualty toll keeps rising
State Emergency Service employees responding to the aftermath of strikes (Illustrative photo: Getty Images)
Russian units attacked Kharkiv with drones on the night of June 10; there were 26 drone strikes. The number of injured is constantly rising, with five people reported so far, according to posts by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov.
According to the official, the enemy carried out 26 drone strikes on Kharkiv during the night and early morning of June 10. Damage was recorded in the Kholodnohirskyi district, which suffered the most, and in the Kyivskyi district.
Syniehubov reported a fire in the Kholodnohirskyi district, and footage from the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration shows a large column of smoke rising at the scene.
Regarding the injured, the mayor of the city, Ihor Terekhov, reported five people, mostly elderly.
The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, for his part, wrote about a 68‑year‑old woman and an 81‑year‑old woman, both suffering from acute stress reaction.
"A 35‑year‑old woman also suffered an acute stress reaction as a result of the shelling in the Kholodnohirskyi district. Medics provided assistance on the spot," the official added.
His latest report was about a 42‑year‑old woman with the same consequences of the shelling — an acute stress reaction. She also received medical help.
On the night of June 9, the Kharkiv region suffered a massive enemy drone attack. In Chuhuiv, three people were killed; in Kharkiv, fires broke out in two districts and about ten people were injured.
RBC-Ukraine also reported that on June 8, a Russian drone struck a Nova Poshta depot in Kharkiv — the building caught fire and partially collapsed.
