KHARKIV OBLAST, UKRAINE, May 15 — At about 10:00 a.m., the Russian army hit the village of Mala Danylivka with airstrikes, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

The shelling damaged the premises of an outpatient clinic, a library, and 11 multi-story buildings. Two cars, including a medical staff vehicle, were destroyed. The Russians also injured four employees of the medical facility: three women and a man. 

Russians shelled Mala Danylivka community, May 15, 2024 / Photo: Oleksandr Hololobov, head of the village council.
Russians shelled Mala Danylivka community, May 15, 2024 / Photo: Oleksandr Hololobov, head of the village council.

Evacuation is currently underway in the region as the Russians launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the Kharkiv region. The border communities came under heavy Russian shelling and air strikes. 

As reported by Volodymyr Tymoshko, the head of the Kharkiv police, in just one day, Russian troops attacked settlements in the Kharkiv region with multiple rocket launchers, airstrikes, artillery, and drones. They killed three people and injured three others.

According to Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov, police, volunteers, and rescuers evacuated 7,991 people from the border communities of Kharkiv Oblast. 

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