A 15-year-old boy was killed and at least 32 people wounded after Russian armed forces struck Kharkiv with seven guided bombs on Wednesday.
According to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov’s Telegram channel, updated data from the city’s Situation Center confirmed the strikes hit the Kyiv, Osnovyansky and Novobavarsky districts. Terekhov said an earlier report of a second fatality was not confirmed, leaving the boy as the only confirmed death.
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“Notably, the number of injured children has risen to three: a 17-year old girl suffered from an acute stress reaction,” said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.
Attack unfolded in waves through the afternoon
According to RBC-Ukraine, the first reports emerged around 3:50 p.m., when Terekhov reported a guided bomb strike on the Kyiv district that hit a private house, with preliminary reports of casualties.
The mayor later reported an additional strike in the Slobidsky district, followed by another hit that Syniehubov placed in the Osnovyanski district, noting that a fire broke out and a personal vehicle was damaged.
Terekhov later confirmed that this strike landed on the border of the Novobavarsky and Osnovyansky districts.
By 4:23 p.m., Syniehubov reported six people injured, including a 16-year old boy. The mayor subsequently confirmed two deaths in the Novobavarsky district, one of them the 15-year-old boy, though the second fatality was later taken back.
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Reportedly, the wounded toll has climbed to 13, including two children, as at least four private homes sustained damage and windows were shattered in an administrative building.
“Twenty-nine people have sought medical assistance,” Syniehubov said, adding that 10 of the injured had been hospitalized and were provided the necessary medical assistance.
Terekhov said the number of injured had spread across five locations in different parts of the city, with victims ranging from a one-year-old child to a 76-year-old adult.
As of currently, the toll rose to 32 wounded, according to both Terekhov and Syniehubov.
Part of a broader wave of strikes
Russian forces carried out widespread attacks across Ukraine on Wednesday, using drones, ballistic missiles and guided bombs.
In Kherson, a Russian drone struck a passenger minibus, killing a child and injuring two State Tax Service employees, while a blast wave damaged the agency’s regional headquarters building.
A ballistic missile strike was also launched on Odesa region, killing two people and injuring 15 others, 11 of whom were hospitalized.
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