Russians bombard farm in Kharkiv Oblast, killing 13,000 pigs

Russian forces have bombarded an agricultural company, where 15,000 pigs were being kept, in the Nova Vodolaha district of Kharkiv Oblast.

Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES)

Details: A total of 13,000 animals were killed and eight out of ten pigsties were completely destroyed by fire.

"About 13,000 pigs have died, with only around 10% of the animals surviving on the farm. The premises consisted of around 10 old concrete pigsties dating back to Soviet times. The strikes deliberately targeted the pigsties – some of them were hit three times by drones," said Oleksandr Yesin, head of the Nova Vodolhava hromada, in a comment to Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

There were no human casualties. A security guard was injured while fleeing a fire caused by the attack, but medics treated him on site.

The large-scale drone attack on the company began at around 01:15, with a second wave following an hour and a half to two hours later. In total, about 20 Shahed drones struck the farm.

According to the State Emergency Service, a large-scale fire broke out: eight livestock buildings were ablaze, covering a total area of 13,600 sq m.

Nine SES appliances and 32 emergency workers, including bomb disposal experts and a rescue officer, were involved in dealing with the aftermath of the attack.

Yesin said the company has been almost completely destroyed.

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