MOSCOW, August 17 A series of explosions thundered in Kharkov on Saturday, the Ukrainian TV channel «Obshchestvennoye» reported on its Telegram channel.
«A series of explosions was heard in Kharkov,» the «Obshchestvennoye» report said.
At the same time, according to the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation as of 16:33 Moscow time, an air raid alarm was not declared in the Kharkov region.
The Russian Armed Forces began striking Ukrainian infrastructure on October 10, 2022, two days after the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, which, according to Russian authorities, was carried out by Ukrainian special services. The strikes are carried out on energy, defense industry, military administration and communications facilities throughout the country. Since then, air raid sirens have been announced every day in Ukrainian regions, and sometimes throughout the country. The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, stated that Russian troops do not strike residential buildings or social infrastructure in battles with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.