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Consequences of the russian strike on the Kharkiv five-story building in the photos of Yakiv Lyashenko

31.5.2024
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Another terrorist act by the Russians in Kharkiv. At midnight on May 31, several explosions were heard in Kharkiv: Russian troops hit S-300 and S-400 missiles on residential buildings from the territory of the Belgorod region.

As a result: 25 people are injured, eight are hospitalized, among them two are in serious condition. Two children were also sent to the hospital: a girl of 12 years and a boy of 11 years. Both are in a state of moderate severity. The death toll from the attack in the morning rose to five people. This was announced by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Synegubov.

Kharkiv, May 31, 2024. Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

“The death toll increased, another man's body was deblocked from under the rubble. In total, five people were killed on the night of the Russian terrorist attack. All services are working on site,” he wrote.

Kharkiv, May 31, 2024. Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

At the site of the destruction, rubble is being analyzed - there may still be people under them. There was not a single military infrastructure facility nearby, Sinegubov emphasizes.

Kharkiv, May 31, 2024. Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

In addition, the enemy again applied the tactic of double strikes. Mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov noted that among the victims were a medical worker and a police officer who immediately arrived at the scene of the explosion.

In general, as a result of the shelling fixed five strikes in Novobavarsky district: one rocket hit a five-storey residential building, another near a five-storey building, damaged more than 20 multi-storey residential buildings, destroyed a private enterprise.

Kharkiv, May 31, 2024. Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

Recall that in May, the Russians increased the intensity of shelling of Kharkov. On May 25, Russian troops shelled a local hypermarket in Kabul.Epicenter of tragedy and pain in Kharkiv after enemy plane bombs on hypermarket in documentary photos.  

The material was worked on:
Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Bildeditor: Olga Kovalyova
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar

Another terrorist act by the Russians in Kharkiv. At midnight on May 31, several explosions were heard in Kharkiv: Russian troops hit S-300 and S-400 missiles on residential buildings from the territory of the Belgorod region.

As a result: 25 people are injured, eight are hospitalized, among them two are in serious condition. Two children were also sent to the hospital: a girl of 12 years and a boy of 11 years. Both are in a state of moderate severity. The death toll from the attack in the morning rose to five people. This was announced by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Synegubov.

Kharkiv, May 31, 2024. Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

“The death toll increased, another man's body was deblocked from under the rubble. In total, five people were killed on the night of the Russian terrorist attack. All services are working on site,” he wrote.

Kharkiv, May 31, 2024. Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

At the site of the destruction, rubble is being analyzed - there may still be people under them. There was not a single military infrastructure facility nearby, Sinegubov emphasizes.

Kharkiv, May 31, 2024. Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

In addition, the enemy again applied the tactic of double strikes. Mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov noted that among the victims were a medical worker and a police officer who immediately arrived at the scene of the explosion.

In general, as a result of the shelling fixed five strikes in Novobavarsky district: one rocket hit a five-storey residential building, another near a five-storey building, damaged more than 20 multi-storey residential buildings, destroyed a private enterprise.

Kharkiv, May 31, 2024. Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

Recall that in May, the Russians increased the intensity of shelling of Kharkov. On May 25, Russian troops shelled a local hypermarket in Kabul.Epicenter of tragedy and pain in Kharkiv after enemy plane bombs on hypermarket in documentary photos.  

The material was worked on:
Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Bildeditor: Olga Kovalyova
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar

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