Russian Banderol drone strike hits business and residential area in Kharkiv: nine injured

Russian forces attacked the Novobavarskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts in Kharkiv on 5 August, hitting a civilian business and a residential area. Nine people have been injured.

Source: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration

Details: Terekhov reported that the Russians have hit a civilian business in the Novobavarskyi district with a Banderol missile drone.

Another hit was recorded on a house in the Kholodnohirskyi district.

The strike damaged nearby buildings and several cars. As of 10:55, 15 houses were reported damaged in the Kholodnohirskyi district.

It was initially reported that eight people had been injured – five in the Novobavarskyi district and three in the Kholodnohirskyi district.

Syniehubov later clarified that the total number of those injured in Kharkiv has risen to nine.

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