Media: Russian occupiers again firing artillery at Kharkiv and its suburbs
DENYS KARLOVSKYI — THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022, 14:51
Eyewitnesses have been telling reporters that the Russian occupiers have resumed shelling of Kharkiv's civilian infrastructure and suburbs using artillery.
Source: Kharkiv residents and Derhachi City Council in a comment to Suspilne, head of the Zolochiv hromada [community] Viktor Kovalenko in a comment to Suspilne
Details: At least 5 Russian shells have struck Derhachi. According to the Derhachi City Council, one person was killed and one injured.
Russian invaders are shelling both the centre of Derhachi and its outskirts.
Residents of Kharkiv reported that Russian shells exploded in the Lisopark, the Aviation Institute area, the village of Zhukovske and Pavlove Pole.
Viktor Kovalenko said that a resident of the village of Kalynove has been injured as a result of Russian shelling in the villages of the Zolochiv hromada [community]. The invaders opened artillery fire on the village of Udy at about 5 am, destroying one house and damaging three more. The premises of an agricultural business in the village of Huriv Kozachok were also damaged.
Since the beginning of the day, 7 air-raid sirens have been announced in Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast.
The military administration also informed local residents that since 14.43 there has been a threat of artillery shelling in the city and Kharkiv Oblast.
Background:
- Yesterday, on 25 May, the Russian occupiers fired on the unarmed population in occupied Balakliia in the Kharkiv region, killing one elderly man and seriously injuring a 9-year-old girl.
In total, during the day on 25 May, the Russian army’s shelling caused ten fires in the settlements of Kharkiv Oblast.
