Russian attacks on Kharkiv overnight and in morning damage houses and lorry park and injure one – photos
The Russians have attacked the city of Kharkiv overnight and on the morning of 22 October, damaging houses, a shop, cars, an office building and a lorry park. One person in the Osnovianskyi district has sought medical help.
Source: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration
Details: An overnight attack by a jet-powered drone sparked a fire in an outbuilding in a residential district of the Slobidskyi district. The Russians also damaged several houses. No one was injured.
Russian forces later struck the central part of the city, in the Osnovianskyi district. According to Syniehubov, the attack damaged a shop, four cars and the windows of a high-rise residential building.
Update: The Russians attacked Kharkiv with drones again in the morning.
A drone struck a lorry park in the Kholodnohirskyi district. Four lorries, a trailer and a car caught fire. No one was injured. Emergency services are dealing with the aftermath of the strike.
A Russian drone hit the eighth floor of a 12-storey office building in the Osnovianskyi district. Initially, no casualties were reported, but Syniehubov later said that one person had sought medical attention.
Quote from Syniehubov: "One person in the Osnovianskyi district has sought medical help. All the necessary treatment is being provided."
Background: The Russians also attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight. A medical facility was damaged in the Pecherskyi district, while a restaurant caught fire in the Sviatoshynskyi district.
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