On Tuesday evening, October 27, Russian troops struck the Osnovianskyi district of Kharkiv with a drone. The strike hit a multi-apartment residential building. According to preliminary data, at least three people required medical assistance, including a four-year-old child.
This was reported by Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov and Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov.
Initially, city authorities reported a Russian strike on the Osnovianskyi district. Subsequently, Terekhov clarified that a hit was recorded in a multi-apartment residential building, inside which people might be trapped.
According to the mayor, immediately after the attack, preliminary information about casualties was received. Their number and condition were being clarified.
Later, Terekhov reported that two people required medical assistance, one of whom is a four-year-old boy.
Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov specified that the child suffered an acute stress reaction. He is receiving the necessary medical care.
At 9:22 PM, Syniehubov reported that another person sought medical help after the strike. Thus, according to the latest published reports from regional and city authorities, at least three people are known to have been injured.
Information about the extent of the destruction, the condition of the damaged building, and the possible presence of people inside continues to be updated. No fatalities from this attack were reported in the aforementioned statements.
This is not the first attack on Kharkiv in the last 24 hours. On the evening of October 26, Russian troops shelled the city with the Tornado-S multiple rocket launcher. Two people were killed and four others injured in the Novobavarskyi district. Residential buildings, cars, and other civilian objects were damaged.
