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The SES fought the fire for 5 hours. Large-scale fires in Kharkiv after Russian attack in the lens of Yakiv Lyashenko

4.5.2024
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On the night of May 4, Russian forces attacked Ukraine from the Belgorod region with 13 “shaheeds” and 4 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles. Air Defense Forces destroyed all 13 strike drones within Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

In Kharkiv, the wreckage of the “shaheds” fell on a maintenance station and warehouses. As a result, three fires at different addresses.

Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

The largest fire occurred in warehouses with a total area of about 3 thousand square meters. This was announced by the mayor of the city Igor Terekhov at 1:34 a.m. The elimination of fire lasted more than 5 hours.

Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

According to preliminary data, 4 people were injured. A middle-aged woman and a 13-year-old child were hospitalized, while another 89-year-old woman was assisted at the scene of the attack.

Head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleg Synegubov added that due to the falling debris of the downed “shaheds”, a two-story office building in the Osnʼyansky district of Kharkiv caught fire.

Under the procedural guidance of the Slobidska District Prosecutor's Office of the city. Kharkiv launched a pre-trial investigation into violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

Recall, on Monday, April 29, the Russians struck ballistics and cabs on civilian sites in Odessa and Kharkov, as a result, five people were killed and more than 30 injured.

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

On the night of May 4, Russian forces attacked Ukraine from the Belgorod region with 13 “shaheeds” and 4 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles. Air Defense Forces destroyed all 13 strike drones within Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

In Kharkiv, the wreckage of the “shaheds” fell on a maintenance station and warehouses. As a result, three fires at different addresses.

Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

The largest fire occurred in warehouses with a total area of about 3 thousand square meters. This was announced by the mayor of the city Igor Terekhov at 1:34 a.m. The elimination of fire lasted more than 5 hours.

Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

According to preliminary data, 4 people were injured. A middle-aged woman and a 13-year-old child were hospitalized, while another 89-year-old woman was assisted at the scene of the attack.

Head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleg Synegubov added that due to the falling debris of the downed “shaheds”, a two-story office building in the Osnʼyansky district of Kharkiv caught fire.

Under the procedural guidance of the Slobidska District Prosecutor's Office of the city. Kharkiv launched a pre-trial investigation into violation of the laws and customs of war (Part 1 of Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Photo by Yakiv Lyashenko

Recall, on Monday, April 29, the Russians struck ballistics and cabs on civilian sites in Odessa and Kharkov, as a result, five people were killed and more than 30 injured.

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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