Twenty-three people, including two children, injured in Russian drone attack on Kharkiv – photos
Twenty-three people, including two children, have been injured in Russian drone strikes on Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi, Saltivskyi and Osnovianskyi districts on the morning of 14 May.
Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration; Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov
Details: According to Syniehubov, Russian forces had struck the Shevchenkivskyi district with UAVs. Initially, nine people were reported injured, but the number injured later rose to 14 as more residents sought medical assistance.
Quote from Syniehubov: "We are continuing to deal with the aftermath of the enemy attack."
Details: Russian troops also attacked the Saltivskyi district with drones. No casualties were initially reported there.
Terekhov also reported that a Shahed drone had struck the Osnovianskyi district of the city.
"Information is being gathered on the aftermath of the attack," the mayor of Kharkiv wrote.
Update: Terekhov later reported that two people had been injured in the Saltivskyi district. According to Syniehubov, one of them is a 43-year-old woman.
She was suffering from shock and received medical treatment at the scene.
Syniehubov reported later that seven women aged between 37 and 74 had been injured in the Russian attack on Kharkiv's Saltivskyi district. He said 12 people injured in the attack are currently in hospital. All have been diagnosed as suffering from blast injuries. Two people are in a serious condition.
Syniehubov later added that two children had also been affected by the attack in the Saltivskyi district.
Quote from Syniehubov: "A 13-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy are suffering from shock. Medics have provided them with the necessary treatment."
Background:
- Seven people, including one child, were injured in Kyiv Oblast due to a Russian attack on the night of 13-14 May.
- In Kyiv, 32 people were injured in a Russian combined strike. Part of a residential building collapsed in the Darnytskyi district, with 18 flats destroyed overall.
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