Russian fiber-optic FPV drone hit Kharkiv, injuring 5 people, including child (Photos)

UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Nov. 9 — At 2:00 p.m., a Russian fiber-optic first-person view (FPV) drone hit a parking lot in Kharkiv’s Kyivskyi district, injuring five people, including a one-year-old boy, Oleh Syniehubov, governor of Kharkiv oblast, reported. 

Damaged car in parking lot after Russian attack on Kharkiv on Nov. 9 / Photo: Gwara Media, Liubov Yemets

Sahin Omarov, a witness of the attack and Albania’s honorary consul, pointed to the damaged cars on the impact site. 

“One of the damaged cars belonged to the consulate,” Omarov added.

Damaged car after Russian attack on Kharkiv on Nov. 9 / Photo: Gwara Media, Liubov Yemets

Omarov said that the injured boy was in one of the damaged cars when a Russian drone struck nearby. His mother was in a shop at the time.

After the explosion, locals helped doctors to take the boy to the hospital. According to Syniehubov, the boy is in intensive care now.

Damaged store after Russian attack on Kharkiv on Nov. 9 / Photo: Gwara Media, Liubov Yemets

“It was a drone with fiber-optic cable. It circled the area for a minute and then hit right here,” Omarov added.

Shop workers, who were boarding up the windows with plywood, also confirmed that an FPV drone had struck a fiber-optic cable in the parking lot near the shop.

One of the shop workers after Russian attack on Kharkiv on Nov. 9 / Photo: Gwara Media, Liubov Yemets

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