KHARKIV, UKRAINE, Jan 31 — On January 30, at around 10:40 pm, the Russian army attacked Kharkiv with drones. Law enforcement officers gathered the wreckage of the Geranium-2 unmanned aerial vehicle.
Geranium-2 [or Shahed 136, an Iranian kamikaze drone that can cover a distance of up to 2500 kilometres — ed.] drones hit a private residential building in the Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv. The attack also damaged buildings in the Slobidskyi district.
A drone attack hit a residential area in the Slobidskyi district and injured an 85-year-old man. He received a shrapnel wound. A 46-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction. The medics treated them on the hit site. The Russian military damaged a non-residential building, a supermarket, cars, and a cafe. The attack smashed windows in high-rise buildings.
A UAV hit the territory of a private household in the Saltivskyi district. The owners of the house, a 58-year-old man and his 61-year-old wife, suffered an acute stress reaction and refused hospitalisation.
Read more: Russian Army Shelled 17 Settlements in Kharkiv Oblast
There is no severe damage to the heating system. Specialists are checking other communications, said Ihor Terekhov, Kharkiv city mayor.
Photo credit: Consequences of shelling in Kharkiv on January 30 / Photo: Ivan Samoilov for Gwara Media
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