UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Jun 9 — On June 7, Russian forces attacked the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv with two guided aerial bombs. The attack hit the Children’s Railway, which is located near the central park of the city, killing two and injuring 19 people.
Gwara Media worked on the impact site to document the consequences of another Russian attack against the city.
One of the bombs hit near the industrial building and Children’s Railway depot, killing Hanna Demenkova, a 30-year-old worker.
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, the head of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia), said that the woman was in charge of the Children’s Railway and got this position only two weeks ago.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Kharkiv Oblast said that a Russian attack killed Volodymyr Kovtun, a 62-year-old retired worker of the railway. He died at the hospital because of severe injuries.
The Russian air attack injured 19 people, 10 of which were hospitalized. 16 emergency groups were working at the impact site.
Andriy Ushakov, a member of the rapid reaction unit of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, said to Gwara Media that people get severe and moderate injuries.
“Most of the injured people had debris wounds. One of them had a pneumothorax. All hospitalized people are workers of the Children’s Railway,” he said.
The attack damaged two buildings of the Children’s Railway, four train cars, two private houses, and an outbuilding.
Between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m., Russia launched a mass airstrike on Kharkiv, hitting the city with 53 Shahed drones, four glide bombs, and a missile.
On June 7, the management of the Children’s Railway planned to hold a grand opening of the traffic season, but they canceled the celebration because of a mass airstrike on Kharkiv in the early morning.
At 5:30 p.m., Ihor Terekhov, the mayor, said that Russia attacked Kharkiv with aerial guided bombs again.
The Children’s Railway is part of Ukrzaliznytsia, and it was created to teach children the theory and practice of railway work.
UPD from June 9, 6:48 p.m.: The word “guided” added to headline.
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