Today, 12 October, a Russian drone struck a high-rise residential building in Kharkiv. As of 09:45, eleven people are known to have been injured.
As the city mayor wrote Ihor Terekhov, the strike occurred in the city’s Kyivskyi district. According to the head of the Regional Military Administration Oleh Synyehubov, medics at the scene provided assistance to women aged 74 and 80, men aged 36 and 74, and a 10-year-old boy.
Update. The number of people injured in the enemy strike on the high-rise building in the Kyivskyy district has risen to 11, Synyehubov later wrote. Three people sustained injuries, while the rest suffered acute stress reactions. All were given medical assistance at the scene.
As a result of the strike, floors 7 to 9 were destroyed in one of the stairwells. A fire broke out at the site. Five people are known to have been injured. Search-and-rescue operations are ongoing.
Update. Later, Terekhov reported a fifth strike since the start of the day on the Kyivskyy district. Preliminary reports indicate it hit a residential building. The information is being clarified.
Before that, another Russian UAV strike was recorded in the Kyivskyy district. The Russian forces hit a sports facility building.
So far, no requests have been received by medical staff from there.
- Over the past day, Russian strikes hit 23 settlements in Kharkiv Region. As a result of the shelling, five people were killed, including a child. Forty-five people were injured, among them four children.