Russian forces shell Kharkiv bus stop, one person died

ROMAN PETRENKO – MONDAY, 1 AUGUST 2022, 08:25

Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, has said that Russian forces have shelled the Saltivskyi neighbourhood in the city of Kharkiv.

Source: Syniehubov on Telegram; Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, on Telegram

Quote from Syniehubov: "Remain in shelters as much as possible!

According to preliminary information from the Oblast centre for emergency medical assistance, two people have been injured in the shelling."

Quote from Terekhov: "It has become the Russian aggressors’ modus operandi to shell public bus stops. At 07:10 a person waiting for a bus was injured. An ambulance took him to hospital.

Overall, the Saltivskyi neighbourhood has been struck several times. Another person was injured in the courtyard of a multi-storey [apartment] building, and cars were damaged there too."

Updated: Syniehubov clarified that men – 30 and 72 years old – were wounded due to the shelling. The latter died in the hospital.

One of the shells landed in the yard of an apartment building near a public transport stop. Cars were damaged.

Background: On the night of 31 July, Russian forces shelled the Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih districts in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injuring two women.

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