UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Aug 23 — Last night, Russian troops dropped a FAB-500 bomb on the village of Bohuslavka, Izium district, killing two people, reported the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

Towns and villages of the Kharkiv Oblast come under massive Russian artillery shelling and air strikes often, even more so since Russia launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the region in the Vovchansk and Lyptsi directions in May.

Rescuers pulled out the bodies of a 61-year-old man and his 59-year-old wife from the rubble of a destroyed residential building. The bomb attack injured a 78-year-old woman. 

Russians attack Bohuslavka in Kharkiv region / Photo: Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office
Russians attack Bohuslavka in Kharkiv region / Photo: Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office
Russians attack Bohuslavka in Kharkiv region / Photo: Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office

FAB-500 is a 500-kg bomb with an explosive warhead, modified with a gliding kit that allows Russians to launch it from over the border, which is beyond the reach of Ukraine’s air defense. It’s also more powerful than the KAB- and FAB-250 bombs that the Russians use daily to bomb the Kharkiv region. 

The bomb attack caused a fire in the building which spread over the area of 80 m². A total of 15 rescuers were involved in the firefighting operation.

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