Russian forces launch 5 missiles on Kharkiv on 7 September, 8 civilian casualties in Kharkiv Oblast

OLENA ROSHCHINA – THURSDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2022, 08:18

Russian forces launched a total of five missiles on the city of Kharkiv over the course of 7 September, damaging a critical infrastructure facility and several industrial facilities.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, the Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Syniehubov: "Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Russians carried out five missile strikes on Kharkiv’s infrastructure.

Just after midnight [on the night of 7–8 September], the occupiers struck the Kholodnohirskyi and Saltivka neighbourhoods of Kharkiv. Early reports indicate that they have once again used S-300 missiles.

A critical infrastructure facility and building on the territory of an industrial plant have been damaged. There are no casualties, as of now."

Details: Russian forces also attacked the Kharkiv, Chuhuiv, Izium and Bohodukhiv districts of Kharkiv Oblast.

Two women sustained injuries in the Derhachi hromada in Kharkiv district [hromada or amalgamated territorial community is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories]. They were hospitalised with explosion injuries and shrapnel wounds. Several private houses and outbuildings were damaged; several fires also broke out.

In addition, two civilians were hospitalised in the Chuhuiv district, one in the Kharkiv district, and three in the Izium district, including a two-year-old child. All of them are in moderate condition.

Quote from Syniehubov: "The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled Russian attacks near Pytomnyk, Hryhorivka and Ruski Tyshky. They also repelled the occupiers’ offensive near the village of Dibrivne in the Barvinkove hromada. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are maintaining their positions on all fronts."

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