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Russia attacks Ukraine's Kharkiv with drones: 46 casualties, including 2 children

Russia attacks Ukraine's Kharkiv with drones: 46 casualties, including 2 children Photo: consequences of the Russian attack on residential buildings (Kharkiv Regional State Administration)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

In Kharkiv, the number of victims rose again after a Russian attack on the night of November 19. As of this morning, 46 people have been wounded as a result of the Russian strike, according to Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.

At night, Russians attacked the Slobozhanskyi and Osnovianskyi districts of Kharkiv with 19 Geran-2 drones (a copy of the Iranian Shahed). As a result of the Russian strike, as of this morning, the number of victims has risen to 46, including two children, aged 9 and 13.

In addition, the Russian attack damaged 31 cars, 2 trolleybuses, and many residential and infrastructure facilities:

  • 16 apartment buildings;
  • Garage cooperative;
  • Emergency medical substation;
  • Supermarket;
  • Non-residential building;
  • Administrative building;
  • School.

Russia attacks Ukraine's Kharkiv with drones: 46 casualties, including 2 children

Source: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration

Russia attacks Ukraine's Kharkiv with drones: 46 casualties, including 2 children

Source: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration

Russia attacks Ukraine's Kharkiv with drones: 46 casualties, including 2 children

Source: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration

On the night of November 19, Russia launched a massive strike on Kharkiv's Slobidskyi and Osnovianskyi districts.

Russian strike damaged many civilian buildings, and authorities also reported significant damage to the Silpo supermarket building. As of 7:20 a.m. Kyiv time on November 19, 36 people were known to have been injured as a result of the Russian attack on the city.