Morning attack on Kharkiv: 1 civilian killed, 18 injured

OLENA ROSHCHINA – THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2022, 07:35

The number of civilians injured in this morning's attack on the Slobidskyi neighbourhood in the city of Kharkiv has risen to 18. One person has been killed in the Russian attack.

The number of casualties following the attack on the Saltivskyi district on the night of 17 August has risen to 20.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; information as of 07:16; State Emergency Service in Kharkiv Oblast on Facebook

Quote from Syniehubov: "Russian occupiers hit a residential building in the Slobidskyi neighbourhood of Kharkiv. As of now, 18 people have been injured, including two children. One person has been killed.

Russia's terrorism knows no bounds!"

Details: Over the course of the night, Russian forces attacked three Kharkiv neighbourhoods.

First, they targeted the Saltivskyi neighbourhood, hitting a residential building where several of the residents had hearing impairments, on the night of 17 August. The State Emergency Service (SES) has reported that the fire was contained at 23:38. The emergency workers are continuing to extinguish the fire and search for people trapped under the rubble.

Early reports indicate that seven civilians have been killed and 20 injured as a result of the attack on the building. The SES has rescued four of them from under the rubble. (Earlier reports suggested that the attack had killed seven civilians and injured 13.)

Then the Russians carried out five missile strikes on Kharkiv beginning at 04:32 on 18 August, hitting the Slobidskyi and the Kholodnohirskyi neighbourhoods. Early reports indicated there were five casualties.

A large fire broke out in an administrative building in the Kholodnohirskyi neighbourhood following the Russian strike, with the fire engulfing about half-a-dozen cars parked outside the building. The building collapsed.

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