The Russian military fired at the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov, said the head of the investigative department of the regional police, Sergei Bolvinov.
A 59-year-old local resident was killed and another 19 people were injured, Governor Oleg Sinegubov later clarified (initially 16 casualties were reported). 13 wounded were taken to hospitals, among them four children, one of whom was three months old.
“There were two arrivals: the first hit a secondary school, the second hit right in the middle of residential buildings,” Bolvinov wrote. According to the photograph in his post, the deceased man was standing next to the entrance of a high-rise building at the time of the attack.
According to a police representative, Kharkov was attacked UMPB D-30 SN based on high-explosive aerial bombs, which are called “smart” adjustable aerial bombs. The Ukrainian authorities spoke about the beginning of their use by the Russian military in the spring of 2024.
Updated at 21:11 .The number of victims has been specified.