DERHACHI, KHARKIV OBLAST, UKRAINE, March 25 – Russian troops fired at the Derhachi community, which borders Russia, in the Kharkiv Oblast, at approximately 4:11 p.m. The head of the community, Vyacheslav Zadorenko, reported this on his Telegram channel.
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.
According to Oleksandr Kulik, a spokesman for Derhachi City Council, it is likely that a KAB (guided weapon) shelled the city. The attack created a 4-meter (13-ft) deep crater. The consequences of the shelling are being repaired on the spot.
What is KAB
The KAB-500S-E “drop-and-forget” guided aerial bomb with satellite guidance equipment and a HE warhead is a precision-guided weapon and is designed to destroy stationary ground and surface targets such as warehouses, military industrial facilities and ships at anchor.
About Dergachi and its community
Derhachi (until 1943 – Derkachi) is a city in Ukraine near the border with Russia, in the Kharkiv district of the Kharkiv Oblast, and until 2020 the center of the Derhachi district. The city is home to over 17,000 residents. The largest landfill in Kharkiv, the Derhachi solid waste landfill, with an area of more than 13 ha, is located on the territory of the Derhachi City Council.
The settlement has many industrial enterprises, including the production of refrigeration and brewing equipment, packaging materials, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, animal feed additives, and an asphalt concrete plant.
The city is the center of the community of the same name in the north of Kharkiv region, with a population of about 44,000 before the war. The community includes Derhachi, six towns and 31 villages.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war on February 24, 2022, the Derhachi community has become the epicenter of active hostilities – part of it was a gray zone, while Kozacha Lopan, Slatyne and Prudyanka and other settlements were under Russian occupation until the Kharkiv counteroffensive in September 2022.
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