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River of Fire in Kharkiv. The consequences of a drone strike on an oil depot in the lens of Ukrainian photographers

10.2.2024
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A fiery river of fuel covered the Nemyshlyan district of Kharkov on the night of February 10. There was an air alarm in the city, there was an explosion, and then a fire broke out.

Around midnight, the Russians launched UAVs on Kharkiv from the territory of the Belgorod region. As a result, at least 15 private houses, as well as sheds, garages and cars, were caught in the fire. A residential neighborhood near an industrial zone in the southeastern part of Kharkiv burned down. The Russians aimed the strike drones at the fuel tanks nearby. Everything took place and spilled over the surrounding street. Since then, the area of the fire reached 3,700 square meters.

Photo: Georgy Ivanchenko

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

A difficult night for Kharkov. Seven people were killed, including three children. We have information about three injured. In total, almost half of the street burned down“, — informed by the mayor Igor Terekhov. 50 Kharkov residents were evacuated, among them two children. Four people had to be rescued from houses engulfed by fire.

Photo: Georgy Ivanchenko

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

In one house, five people were burned alive Family. Preliminarily among the dead are children of four and seven years old and an infant“,— said the head of the investigative department of the GUNP in Kharkiv region Serhiy Bolvinov. He also reported that the burning temperature was such that the bones and body of the infant turned almost to ashes: Suppose that the mother held the children, hugging and pressing against the breast.

All relevant services are working at the site of the impact. Utility workers disassemble debris in the combustion chamber. In some places, the SNS continues to fight the fire and search for possible injured people.

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

In addition, investigators and forensics are working at the scene of the tragedy, documenting Russia's war crime and taking DNA samples to identify the bodies.

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

The city hall promised to provide housing to all those who, as a result of the terrorist attack in Russia, were without a roof over their heads.

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

The project is implemented thanks to support IWM Documenting Ukraine.

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

A fiery river of fuel covered the Nemyshlyan district of Kharkov on the night of February 10. There was an air alarm in the city, there was an explosion, and then a fire broke out.

Around midnight, the Russians launched UAVs on Kharkiv from the territory of the Belgorod region. As a result, at least 15 private houses, as well as sheds, garages and cars, were caught in the fire. A residential neighborhood near an industrial zone in the southeastern part of Kharkiv burned down. The Russians aimed the strike drones at the fuel tanks nearby. Everything took place and spilled over the surrounding street. Since then, the area of the fire reached 3,700 square meters.

Photo: Georgy Ivanchenko

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

A difficult night for Kharkov. Seven people were killed, including three children. We have information about three injured. In total, almost half of the street burned down“, — informed by the mayor Igor Terekhov. 50 Kharkov residents were evacuated, among them two children. Four people had to be rescued from houses engulfed by fire.

Photo: Georgy Ivanchenko

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

In one house, five people were burned alive Family. Preliminarily among the dead are children of four and seven years old and an infant“,— said the head of the investigative department of the GUNP in Kharkiv region Serhiy Bolvinov. He also reported that the burning temperature was such that the bones and body of the infant turned almost to ashes: Suppose that the mother held the children, hugging and pressing against the breast.

All relevant services are working at the site of the impact. Utility workers disassemble debris in the combustion chamber. In some places, the SNS continues to fight the fire and search for possible injured people.

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

In addition, investigators and forensics are working at the scene of the tragedy, documenting Russia's war crime and taking DNA samples to identify the bodies.

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

Photo: Yakiv Lyashenko

The city hall promised to provide housing to all those who, as a result of the terrorist attack in Russia, were without a roof over their heads.

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

Photo: Yevhenii Gartner

The project is implemented thanks to support IWM Documenting Ukraine.

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

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