Five people suffer severe burns in Russian attack on transport company in Kharkiv Oblast

Russian forces struck a private transport company in Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast, with an FPV drone at around 09:00 on 14 October.

Source: Viacheslav Zadorenko, Head of Derhachi City Military Administration

Details: Five people were injured in the attack. Four employees, aged 33, 54, 56 and 62, suffered severe burns covering 70-80% of their bodies, whilst another, a man aged 39, sustained a blast injury and first- and second-degree burns.

They were taken to Derhachi Central Hospital and subsequently transferred to Kharkiv. Doctors are doing everything they can to save those injured.

The Russians struck a repair workshop where civilian lorries and company employees were present. The vehicles caught fire when the munition exploded.

Background: Russian ballistic missile attacks targeted energy facilities in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast. All three of Kyiv's combined heat and power plants were attacked overnight.

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