Russia attacks civilian, energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, injuring 4 people (Photos)

UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Oct. 6 — “There won’t be any power here for a long time. Even the high-voltage line is broken,” said Viktor, one of the locals in the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv. 

Fifteen Russian kamikaze drones hit the electrical substation in Viktor’s neighbourhood — the blast wave destroyed the ceiling and blew out the windows of his house. As Gwara’s journalists speak to him, he is waiting for municipal workers to repair the house “to warm it up a little.”

Man looking on damaged house after the Russian attack on the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv on Oct. 5 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

On Oct. 5, Russian forces attacked Novobavarskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of Kharkiv with 16 Geran-2 and Lancet drones, targeting energy and civilian injuring four people, said Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the Kharkiv oblast. 

Consequences of the Russian attack on the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv on Oct. 5 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

Municipal workers cleaning consequences of the Russian attack on the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv on Oct. 5 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

Here in the Novobavarskyi district, the attack injured a 63-year-old man. Three women and a man suffered an intense stress reaction. Russian drones also damaged over 10 houses and cars.

In the early morning, a local energy company reported that over 22,000 households were left without power in the aftermath of the drone strikes city mayor Ihor Terekhov told Gwara that, as of 11:00 a.m., 6,000 households don’t have electricity. 

People covering broken windows after the Russian attack on the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv on Oct. 5 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

Yuliia lives on the nearest street. After the attack she called her neighbor immediately.

“She told me that the boiler fell on her, breaking the sink. She is covered in shards and cuts,” said Yuliia, adding that her neighbour didn’t want to get to the hospital, instead wanting to recover on her own.

Yuliia said that her child is sleeping now and will skip school today because lessons are conducted online. “There is no power in the house, so there is no internet either,” she said.

Yuliia is talking about the damage in her house after the Russian attack on the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv on Oct. 5 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

Damaged house after the Russian attack on the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv on Oct. 5 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

Yuliia is a school teacher. A Russian attack damaged her house too. The woman said that this attack is “a gift from Russians for Teachers’ Day on Oct. 5”. 

She does not yet know how she will restore her home — her teacher’s salary is very low.

People in the Novobavarskyi district after the Russian attack on Kharkiv on Oct. 5 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

In the Shevchenkivskyi district, at 11:30 p.m. yesterday, Russians targeted a civilian business with a Lancet drone.

Over the past day, Russians also attacked six settlements in the region, killing two and injuring one person.

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