Russian strike on a farm in Kharkiv Oblast: six killed, twelve injured – photos
Russian forces struck a farm twice in the village of Stara Hnylytsia in Kharkiv Oblast on the morning of 24 September. One strike hit a vegetable storage facility where people were working at the time.
Source: Gwara Media, citing Valerii Dereka, Head of the Stara Hnylytsia district
Details: According to Dereka, the Russians launched two strikes: the first hit the road and the second hit the vegetable storage facility.
During the attack, farm employees were packing vegetables.
As a result of the strike, six people were killed – two men and four women. Another 12 people were injured, four of whom were hospitalised in Kharkiv in a serious condition.
The head of the district said that residents of surrounding villages worked at the storage facility. According to Dereka, among the dead were three residents of Malynivka, as well as displaced persons from Kupiansk.
It is noted that there were air-alert warning systems at the storage facility, but Dereka does not know whether they worked. There are no shelters near the farm.
Background:
- On the morning of 24 September, Russians attacked a farm in Stara Hnylytsia. According to Mykola Semerianov, head of the Malynivka settlement, the Russians used three Banderol drone-launched cruise missiles, one of which hit the vegetable storage facility.
- Earlier, Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, reported six killed and 12 injured. Four of those injured are in a serious condition.
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