UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Mar 26 — At around 11:30 a.m., the Russian military attacked the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv with a Kh-35U cruise missile.
A 64-year-old civilian suffered an acute stress reaction after a Russian missile attack on the city, reported the press service of the regional prosecutor’s office.
The strike damaged a non-residential building. The windows of a nearby high-rise building were smashed.
Law enforcement officers surveyed the hit site and collected the missile debris, which will be sent for further examination. The prosecutor’s office opened a criminal investigation into the violation of the laws and customs of war.
At around 00:50 a.m. on March 26, the Russian military attacked Kharkiv with drones. Five explosions were heard in the city. According to the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, the Air Defense Forces shot down at least eight drones over the Kharkiv Oblast. The Air Forces reported that they shot down all the drones over the Kharkiv Oblast.
On the evening of March 25, the Russian military shelled Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast, with aerial bombs. The attack damaged 20 private houses. The Russians also injured four women: two of them suffered explosive trauma, and the others had an acute stress reaction. In addition, on the afternoon of March 25, the Russian shelling of Vovchansk killed a 65-year-old man.
Photo credits: Consequences of the missile attack on the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, March 26, 2024 / Photo: Ivan Samoilov, Gwara media
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- Russian troops fired at the Derhachi community, which borders Russia, in the Kharkiv Oblast, at approximately 4:11 p.m. The Russian aerial bomb destroyed at least two houses and damaged about a dozen private houses. Four women aged 56, 58, 66, and 68 experienced an acute stress reaction but refused hospitalization.
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