Russians attack Kharkiv with Shahed drones: 2 killed, 30 injured, including children

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO, Ivan Diakonov - 30 March, 00:01

The aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv. Photo: Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne

Russian forces have attacked the city of Kharkiv with Shahed drones, killing two people and injuring 30 others, including five children.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration; Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov

Details: At 20:44, Terekhov reported a Shahed drone strike on Kharkiv. Later, he reported two more explosions in the city.

Quote from Syniehubov: "The occupiers carried out a series of strikes on the Shevchenkivskyi district in Kharkiv, with early reports indicating that they used Shahed drones. At this moment, [we know that] two people have been injured. Emergency services have arrived at the scenes of the strikes."

Details: Later, Syniehubov reported another strike in the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv, with no casualties.

At 21:31, he confirmed that a drone hit a house in the Shevchenkivskyi district, leaving one person dead and another injured.

At 21:45, Syniehubov reported that the number of casualties following the large-scale Russian attack had risen to 10, including a 16-year-old boy and girl. One person was killed.

Terekhov stated that drone strikes were recorded at six locations; they hit a shopping centre, multi-storey residential buildings, a medical facility and an office building.

At 22:04, Syniehubov said that the number of people injured in the attack on Kharkiv had increased to 14, 10 people were taken to hospital, including 2 children.

Terekhov noted that one person was trapped under the rubble at the scene of the strike. A rescue operation is underway.

Later, he reported that 15 people had been injured.

At 22:37, Terekhov said that the number of casualties had risen to 19.

At around 23:20, Terekhov reported that the death toll had increased to two, with 27 injured. Rescue workers had retrieved a body from under the rubble. The search and rescue operation in the Kholodnohirskyi district continues.

Syniehubov added that the casualties included five children aged 5 to 17. Three were taken to hospital, while two received medical aid on-site.

Updated: The number of people injured by the Russian bombardment of Kharkiv has risen to 30, Dmytro Chubenko, spokesman for Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office, told Suspilne Kharkiv, a Kharkiv-related branch of Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne.

"The explosions damaged 12 high-rise apartment blocks, 24 houses and 13 cars," Chubenko added.

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