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Shocking footage captures Russian drone strike on Kharkiv kindergarten

Shocking footage captures Russian drone strike on Kharkiv kindergarten Photo: aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on October 22 (State Emergency Service of Kharkiv region)

A video has surfaced online showing a Russian drone strike on a private kindergarten building in Kharkiv. The footage captures the moment of impact and the explosion, according to the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

The Russian army targeted Kharkiv’s Kholodnohirskiy district with an attack drone. The target was a building housing a private kindergarten.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the enemy attacked the kindergarten with three strike drones. A hit on the building was confirmed. As a result of the Russian terrorist attack, there are fatalities and injured people.

Drone strike on a kindergarten in Kharkiv: What is known

On the morning of October 22, Russian military terrorists struck Kharkiv’s Kholodnohirskiy district with drones. At least one of the drones hit a private educational center, where 48 children were present at the time.

As a result of the attack, one person was killed — a municipal worker who was cleaning the area near the kindergarten. Nine others were injured, mostly people who were outside.

For more details on what is currently known about the strike on the kindergarten, see the RBC-Ukraine report.