Russia strikes vegetable warehouse in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, killing 6 and injuring 12
Photo: The aftermath of the Russian strike on a vegetable storage facility in the Kharkiv region on September 24 (t.me/DSNS_Kharkiv)
The Russians struck a vegetable storage facility in the Kharkiv region—people were simply sorting vegetables at the time. There are fatalities and injuries, according to Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and Mykola Semerianov, head of the Malynivka settlement.
Russia struck an agricultural enterprise in the village of Stara Hnylytsia in the Kharkiv region on the morning of September 24. All of the killed and wounded were employees of the storage facility.
Among the six dead are two men and four women. Three of the 12 wounded are currently in severe condition. All the victims are receiving medical care.
"The death toll from the Russian attack on the farm in Stara Hnylytsia this morning has risen to six people," Syniehubov says.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine adds that at the time of the Russian attack, people were sorting vegetables.
"At this very moment, the terror against civilians continues—air raid alerts have been issued in many regions. In Kyiv, a fire broke out among vehicles as a result of this morning's Russian attack; in the Vinnytsia, Rivne, and Zhytomyr regions, Russia is attempting to attack infrastructure and civilian enterprises," the statement reads.
Photo: aftermath of the Russian strike on a vegetable storage facility (t.me/DSNS_Kharkiv)
Russian strike on the Kharkiv region occurred during a large-scale nighttime attack by Russia across Ukraine. On the night of September 24, Russia launched at Ukraine over 280 drones of various types, as well as ballistic and anti-ship Zircon missiles.
Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 227 of them.
Two people were killed, and at least eight others were injured as a result of the Russian nighttime strike on Kyiv.
Buildings were on fire in several districts of Kyiv, and rescue workers pulled a person from the rubble of a destroyed private home.