Russian UAVs hit petrol station and utility vehicle in Kharkiv, injuring several people

Russian UAVs struck a petrol station, a municipal utility vehicle and a civilian car during an attack on Kharkiv, leaving several people injured.

Source: Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne Kharkiv

Details: A Russian drone struck Kharkiv's Kyivskyi district on the afternoon of 3 July, hitting a civilian car and a municipal utility vehicle, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

"The number of those injured has risen to three. A vehicle belonging to one of the city's municipal utility companies was also hit," he wrote.

Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, reported that two men aged 58 and 63 sustained blast injuries during the strike on the Kyivskyi district. A 58-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction.

Another drone strike was recorded at 15:07, followed by a third strike on a petrol station in the Kyivskyi district at 15:30, Terekhov said. Early reports indicate that people were also injured in the latest strike, the mayor added.

Earlier on 3 July, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Kharkiv's Saltivskyi district. According to the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office, the weapon used was a fibre-optic FPV drone.

Background:

• On the night of 2-3 July, Russian forces attacked petrol stations in Sumy Oblast four times. On 2 July, they also struck a petrol station in Chernihiv Oblast.
• In Sumy Oblast, four people were killed in a Russian drone attack.
• One person was killed and three others injured in a Russian strike on a petrol station in the Kryvyi Rih district on the morning of 3 July.

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