On Sunday, July 16, at around 6:50 p.m. and 10:10 p.m., the Russian army attacked the Osnovianskyi district of Kharkiv twice with S-300 missiles. A civilian man born in 1999 died at the site of the missile attack.

Later, the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration reported that three men aged 41, 30 and 33 were wounded and hospitalized in moderate condition. A civilian man of 56 years old was treated on the spot.

A fire broke out at the site of the hit. Rescuers worked to eliminate the consequences of the shelling. Windows in the houses nearby were smashed.

The press service of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office said that the attack was carried out by S-300 missiles fired from the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.

Rescuers carry the body of a civilian killed in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv on July 16 / Photo: Denys Glushko, Gwara Media
Rescuers carry the body of a civilian killed in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv on July 16 / Photo: Serhii Prokopenko, Gwara Media
Rescuers carry the body of a civilian killed in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv on July 16 / Photo: Serhii Prokopenko, Gwara Media
Rescuers carry the body of a civilian killed in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv on July 16 / Photo: Serhii Prokopenko, Gwara Media
Rescuers carry the body of a civilian killed in a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv on July 16 / Photo: Denys Glushko, Gwara Media
A rescue stretcher after removing the body of a dead civilian in Kharkiv. He was killed by a Russian S-300 missile on the evening of July 16 / Photo: Serhii Prokopenko, Gwara Media
Civilians near a shelter close to the site of a Russian missile strike / Photo: Serhii Prokopenko, Gwara Media
Blast wave smashed windows in a house near the site of missile strikes / Photo: Denys Glushko, Gwara Media
Blastwave smashed windows in a house near the site of missile strikes / Photo: Denys Glushko, Gwara Media

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