Russian drone hit 4 districts of Kharkiv, injuring 8 people (Photos)

UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Jun. 10 — In the morning of Jun. 10, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with kamikaze drones, hitting the Nemyshlianskyi, Kyivskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Industrialnyi districts of the city, said Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of the region. Gwara Media journalists were at the impact site in the Industrialnyi district.

Damaged apartment building after Russian attack on the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv on Jun. 10 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

Syniehubov said that, as of now, there’s information about this Russian attack injuring eight people. An explosive wave injured a 23-year-old woman; a 77-year-old woman got carbon monoxide poisoning. Also, five women and a man got an acute stress reaction.

“I was there during the attack. Suddenly, everything exploded and fell on me,” said Aline, a dentist’s assistant.

A Russian drone hit near the apartment building and caused a fire. The dental clinic where Alina works is located on the first floor of this building. A doctor and her patient were inside the clinic during the attack — they ran out of the building and called firefighters.

Damaged dental clinic after Russian attack on the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv on Jun. 10 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

“The windows were blown out (at the clinic — ed.). I saw that everything started to burn. Black smoke began billowing out as the ceiling had caught fire,” said Kateryna, a dentist.

Kateryna said that the patient was injured because of the explosion and got his legs injured.

The dentist clinic losses in the aftermath of the attack have not yet been determined, but a lot of equipment there has been damaged. 

According to Ihor Terekhov, Kharkiv’s mayor, the drone did not explode. 

Kateryna, dentist of damaged clinic after Russian attack on the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv on Jun. 10 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

Damaged dental clinic after Russian attack on the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv on Jun. 10 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

Rescuers evacuated four locals from the damaged apartment building, including an elderly woman with disabilities. Smoke filled one part of the building from the first to the ninth floor.

Since the beginning of the day, Russian forces have launched over 20 kamikaze drones at Kharkiv, hitting the critical infrastructure objects and apartment buildings. In total, 17 people asked for medical help after Russian attacks.

Damaged apartment building after Russian attack on the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv on Jun. 10 / Photo: Gwara Media, Polina Kulish

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