In Kharkiv on 24 October, several Russian strikes were recorded in the Osnovianskyi and Industrialnyi districts. In particular, the enemy attacked a shopping centre in the Osnovianskyi district.
This was reported by Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
According to him, the first strike on the Osnovianskyi district occurred during the day. Later, at 17:00, a Russian jet-powered drone attacked the city’s Industrialnyi district.
Terekhov reported another strike by a jet-powered drone in the Osnovianskyi district at 17:43. It later emerged that a shopping centre in the same district had been hit.
A fire broke out at the shopping centre
The enemy army struck the shopping centre twice, and a fire broke out at the scene.
“At present there are no casualties; visitors and staff were evacuated from the shopping centre in advance,” Terekhov later wrote.
At 19:20, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov reported another strike on the regional centre, in the Industrialnyi district. At 20:00, it became known that one person had been injured in the Osnovianskyi district. The head of the administration said it was a 39-year-old man, and medics are providing him with the necessary assistance.
At around 20:20, Ihor Terekhov said that the city had likely been shelled with missiles. The Osnovianskyi district again came under a double strike.