Russian army strikes Kharkiv village with cluster bomb, leaving dead and wounded

Around 1:00 p.m. Kyiv time, the Kupiansk District Police Department received a report of civilians wounded in Blahodativka as a result of enemy shelling. A rapid response team was immediately dispatched to the scene.

The victims included a 69-year-old man, two women aged 65 and 64, and a 37-year-old man. Another 22-year-old man sustained fatal injuries.

Police, together with fighters from the Special Purpose Police Regiment of the Kharkiv National Police, discovered an enemy drone on the approach to the village. It was successfully neutralized, allowing responders to reach the injured.

Police once again urged residents of settlements regularly under enemy fire not to delay mandatory evacuation.

Civilians injured as a result of Russian strikes

As previously reported, in Zaporizhzhia, the number of victims from a Russian airstrike on December 17 rose to 32 people, including five children.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, psychological support was provided to 27 people, including two children and two persons with limited mobility, helping to reduce post-incident psychological stress.

Earlier, on the morning of December 16, Russian forces attacked a multi-story building in Zaporizhzhia using a drone. The strike caused fires in several apartments, and people were injured.

According to the State Emergency Service, four apartments on the 5th and 6th floors caught fire. Rescuers saved five residents from the upper floors, two of them using an aerial ladder.

Four people were injured: a 58-year-old man is in serious condition, a 28-year-old man is in moderate condition, and two women, aged 76 and 69, received on-site medical assistance.