Woman and child killed in Russian drone attack on Bohodukhiv in Kharkiv Oblast – photos
A woman and a 10-year-old child have been killed and three people injured in a Russian drone strike on the city of Bohodukhiv in Kharkiv Oblast on the night of 8-9 February. Another three people have sustained injuries in different settlements of this region.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine; Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office
Details: Russian forces attacked a residential area in the city.
Quote: "One of the strikes hit a house, completely destroying it. A fire broke out over an area of 50 sq m and was extinguished. Two bodies were recovered from under the rubble: a woman and a 10-year-old boy."
Details: Three people have been injured in the attack.
Update: Later, the prosecutor's office reported that the Russians had struck Bohodukhiv with Geran-2 drones.
"In the city of Bohodukhiv, at around 03:55, the strike hit a residential area. A 10-year-old boy and his mother were killed in the attack. Three other people were injured: a 22-year-old man sustained abrasions, while a 68-year-old man and an 89-year-old woman suffered acute stress reactions," the prosecutor's office said.
The settlement of Zolochiv also came under Russian attack. An apartment building, two shops and a passenger car were damaged. A 17-year-old girl suffered an acute stress reaction.
As a result of the attacks on the villages of Polova and Luzhok, residential buildings, outbuildings and vehicles were damaged. In Luzhok, a 73-year-old woman and an 18-year-old girl were injured.
Background: Russian drones attacked the Mala Danylivka hromada in Kharkiv Oblast on the night of 8-9 February, damaging houses and cars. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
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