Sixteen injured in Russian drone attack on Kharkiv

Sixteen people were 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.

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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