Russian attacks on Kharkiv region injure seven, including 3-year-old girl
Russian forces attacked nine populated areas in Kharkiv region over the past day, injuring seven people, including a three-year-old girl. The strikes also damaged homes, shops, an agricultural building and vehicles. A transit evacuation point in Lozova received 148 people over the day.
Key points
- Seven people were injured in Kharkiv region over the past day, including a three-year-old girl
- Nine populated areas in Kharkiv region were attacked
- Three people were injured in Izium, including women aged 72 and 37 and a 39-year-old man
- Three people were injured in Ivanivka village, Izium community
- Russia used one multiple-launch rocket system, two guided aerial bombs and three FPV drones; the type of 37 additional drones is being established
- The transit evacuation point in Lozova received 148 people over the day and has registered 68,153 people since opening
Why it matters
The attacks injured people across multiple communities and affected a young child. Damage extended to residential buildings, shops, an agricultural structure and vehicles, while the continued operation of a transit evacuation point in Lozova reflects substantial displacement in the region.
What happened
Russian forces attacked nine populated areas in Kharkiv region over the past day. Seven people were injured, including a three-year-old girl. In Izium, women aged 72 and 37 and a 39-year-old man were wounded. In Ivanivka village of the Izium community, men aged 46 and 18 and a 40-year-old woman were injured; the girl suffered an acute stress reaction.
Damage was recorded in several districts. In the Izium district, a multi-apartment building and 10 private houses, two shops, an agricultural building, a car in Izium and private houses in Kapytolivka and Ivanivka were damaged. In Kupiansk district, a multi-apartment and a private house in Shevchenkove were damaged; in Kharkiv district, a private house and a car in Derhachi; in Lozova district, an agricultural building in Ukrainske; and in Chuhuiv district, a car in Staryi Saltiv. Three cars were also damaged in Kharkiv.
The attacks involved one multiple-launch rocket system, two guided aerial bombs and three FPV drones, along with 37 additional drones whose type is still being established. Medics also provided assistance to three people wounded in earlier incidents, on October 30, November 1 and October 18.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
Ukrainian reporting centers on the seven injured, including the three-year-old girl, and identifies the communities where they were hurt. It also details damage to residential buildings, commercial and agricultural structures and vehicles, alongside medical assistance for people wounded on earlier dates and activity at the transit evacuation point in Lozova.
Background
Medics provided assistance to a 48-year-old man wounded on October 30 in Sosnovyi Bir village of the Vovchansk community, a 71-year-old man wounded on November 1 in Novomykolaivka of the Shevchenkivska community, and a 54-year-old woman wounded on October 18 in Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi. The transit evacuation point in Lozova received 148 people over the day and has registered 68,153 people since it began operating.