UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Jul 25 — “I couldn’t understand what’s going on, when (the blast wave) threw me up and threw me. As I flew, I saw the roof rise up and fall down,” says Oleksandra to Gwara Media’s journalists.
She lives in the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv — at about 11:40 a.m., a Russian glide bomb hit near her house.
Russian glide bomb attack injured, according to the latest data from local authorities, at least 14 people, including a 12-years-old girl, and damaged two floors of a hospital, a nearby house, and a few cars.
The tuberculosis hospital shut down after the attack. Its patients will be transferred to other healthcare institutions.
Previously, mayor of the city Ihor Terekhov reported that the attack killed one person, but later Petro Tokar, the head of regional police, said the man was dead before the strike.
Russia frequently hits Kharkiv with various kinds of air strikes because of its proximity to the state border and the frontline — this time, just like in the July 24 attack, they used a new kind of glide bomb “UMPB-5” with an improved range.
Earlier, Russian glide bombs could fly up to 80 kilometers (~50 miles) before hitting the target — now, their range has increased to up to 100 kilometers (~62 miles), said Spartak Borysenko, head of management of Kharkiv Prosecutor’s Office to Dumka.media.
UPD from Jul 25, 5:44 p.m.: Headline clarified.
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