UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Jul. 8 — Marianna stood in front of her destroyed home, holding a cat Liova in her arms. She said that the Russian attack had completely destroyed the ceiling and blown out the windows and doors of her and her father’s apartment.
In the morning on Jul. 8, Russians attacked a five-story apartment building in the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv, killing 2 and injuring 29 people, including four children, said the Kharkiv regional Prosecutor’s Office.
Later, Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the Kharkiv oblast, said that the number of injured people after the Russian attack increased to 34.
Gwara Media journalists visited the impact site to document the consequences of the Russian attack on Kharkiv.
“We don’t have an apartment anymore. And I don’t know how we survived,” said Marianna.
After the first explosion, she and her father had time to run into the bathroom. When the second missile hit, the ceiling collapsed on them. Rescuers helped them get out onto the street. Marianna couldn’t take anything with her except a bag with her documents. A neighbor gave her some clothes.
She hopes to return to the ruins of her apartment once the debris has been cleared to try to collect surviving belongings.
A Russian attack killed a man and a woman, the Prosecutor’s Office reported.
Viktor Zabashta, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Emergency Center, told the local media Suspilne Kharkiv that the victims were about 60 years old.
Prosecutors clarified that these people were not related. At the time of the attack, the woman was walking near the apartment building, and the man was in his car.
Olha, a resident of the damaged building next to the epicenter of the attack, said that, when the Russian airstrike hit, she was home alone with her three cats. She was scared by the loud explosions. Her pets are still missing.
Prosecutors concluded that the Russian attack partially destroyed the top floor of the five-storey building, damaged the facade, and shattered the windows.
According to prosecutors’ reports, Russian forces used a cruise missile called Banderol to attack Kharkiv. They first used this type of weapon to attack Kharkiv this May.
The Banderol is a small Russian-made missile with a range of up to 500 kilometers (~311 miles).
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