Russian forces strike Kharkiv about 10 times, leaving almost 30 civilians injured

The aftermath of the Russian attack on 30 August. Photo: Getty Images

The Russians had launched about 10 attacks on the city of Kharkiv on the morning of 1 September.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration; Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov

Details: Oleh Syniehubov reports damage to civilian infrastructure and casualties. The number of casualties is being confirmed.

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There is also a threat of new attacks.

Ihor Terekhov reports that one of the strikes damaged a residential area.

Several households and a supermarket are on fire. There are medics among the victims.

Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration later added that the damaged infrastructure included a shopping centre, a sports facility, and residential buildings.

Updated: Terekhov later reported that 22 people had been injured in Kharkiv’s Saltivskyi district and 6 in the Nemyshlianskyi district, among them a 6-year-old child who suffered an acute stress reaction.

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