KHARKIV, Feb 12 — On February 9, at about 10:46 p.m., the Russian army struck Kharkiv with Shahed kamikaze drones.
The Russian army shelled an oil depot in the Nemyshlianskyi district of the city, which caused a fuel leak. The fire burned down 15 private houses to the ground.
A 45-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman with carbon monoxide poisoning are in the hospital, reported the Main Department of the National Police in Kharkiv Oblast.
Seven people died. Rescuers found the charred bodies of a family in a private house: a husband, wife, and their three children: boys aged ten months, four years, and seven years, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office said.
“The fire was caused by a fuel leak, after which a hazardous substance leaked down the street, where the residential sector is located. The body of the man was found in the corridor of the house. At the same time, the mother and children tried to escape in the bathroom,” said the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov.
A 66-year-old man and his 65-year-old wife died in another house.
There is information that the Russian army launched at least ten unmanned aerial vehicles [for this attack] from the territory of the Belgorod Oblast of Russia.
According to the mayor, Ihor Terekhov, the fire spread through 3,700 square meters. Rescuers evacuated 50 Kharkiv residents, including two children.
Read more: Russian Army Shelled Kharkiv Region, Damaging Houses, Businesses, Gas Networks
Overall, the nighttime attack in Kharkiv has caused 57 casualties. All these people are residents of the same street in the Nemyshlianskyi district.
Around 11:00 a.m. on 12 February, rescuers put out the fire in the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv. A total of 200 rescuers were working at the site.
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