“War reached us here, too.” Aftermath of Russian drone attack on Kharkiv (photos)

UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Mar 6 — On the night of March 6, Russians launched a Shahed drone attack, hitting a residential building in the Saltivskyi district of the city. Emergency services and municipal workers were sorting out debris, cleaning up the location in the aftermath of the attack, and helping people board up the blown-out windows.

Gwara Media’s journalists went to the impact site to document the consequences of the strike. 

Blown out windows in the aftermath of Russia’s drone hitting Kharkiv’s residential building on March 6 / Photo: Hnat Holyk, Gwara Media 

Russian Shahed strike blew out a hole in a residential building in Kharkiv on March 6 / Photo: Hnat Holyk, Gwara Media

A Russian kamikaze drone hit the roof of a high-rise building and damaged an elevator shaft, a technical floor of the building (right under the roof), and its facade. 

“I was at work during the attack. I work in an oncological center as a doctor’s assistant. We’ve moved from Hlyboke to Kharkiv, but war reached us here, too. Our car is damaged, and our balcony is damaged, too. We don’t have anywhere else to go, so we’ll stay here – the flat itself remains intact. We don’t have our own place. In our village, [Russian troops] destroyed everything,” says Iryna Dmytruk, one of the people who lives in a damaged high-rise building. 

Iryna Dmytruk, one of the people who lives in a damaged high-rise building / Photo: Hnat Holyk, Gwara Media

The fire spread in the aftermath of the strike, setting about 10 square meters ablaze. The attack injured two people — they’ve got acute stress reaction. 

“From the upper floor, emergency workers rescued a woman who couldn’t walk on her own,” said Yevhen Vasylenko, a spokesman for the State’s Emergency Service (SES) of Kharkiv Oblast. 

The SES added that the explosive wave from the Shahed attack blew out 95 windows in the apartment building and 89 in public facilities, including an educational facility for children located nearby. It also damaged windows on 227 balconies and eight cars. 

Today, Russian troops also hit Slatyne village in the Kharkiv district with an airstrike, killing a 51-year-old man and injuring his wife and son. 

Rescuers clean up the debris after Russia’s attack on the Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv on March 6 / Photo: Hnat Holyk, Gwara Media. 

Rescuers clean up the debris after Russia’s attack on the Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv on March 6 / Photo: Hnat Holyk, Gwara Media. 

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