Russian strikes injure 18, including four children, in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions
Russian attacks over the past day injured 18 people, four of them children, in Ukraine's Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. Fourteen casualties were reported in Kharkiv region, where the city itself and 13 settlements were attacked with missiles and drones, and civilian infrastructure was damaged. Three people were wounded in Sloviansk and one in Krasnohorodsk in Donetsk region.
Key points
- 18 people injured in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions on 14 November, four of them children
- 14 injured in Kharkiv region, including four children
- Kharkiv city and 13 settlements in Kharkiv region attacked during the day
- Three people wounded in Sloviansk, one wounded in Krasnohorodsk
- Kharkiv region: two missiles, four Geran-2 drones, one Molniya drone, four FPV drones and 81 drones of undetermined type used
- Damage to homes, cars, a civilian enterprise, a medical facility in Arkhanhelivka, railway infrastructure in Merfy, electrical networks and a post office in Zlatopil
- A medical facility's territory was damaged in Kharkiv city
- Lozova transit evacuation point took in 119 people in a day and has registered 69,373 people since it opened
Why it matters
The day's attacks wounded both children and adults across multiple communities, and hit residential, commercial, medical, postal, electrical and railway infrastructure. Evacuation activity continues: the transit evacuation point in Lozova alone took in 119 people over the past day, and has registered 69,373 people since it began operating.
What happened
Russian forces struck Kharkiv city and 13 other settlements in Kharkiv region over the past day. According to the Kharkiv regional state administration, the attacks used two missiles, four Geran-2 drones, one Molniya drone, four FPV drones and 81 drones of undetermined type. In Kharkiv region, 14 people were injured, four of them children.
In Derhachi, a 61-year-old man was wounded and six people — including four children aged 4 to 13 — were recorded with acute stress reaction. In Zlatopil and Korotychi, three women showed acute stress reactions. In Khotymli, a 60-year-old man was wounded, and in Myroliubivka, two men aged 33 and 52 and a 49-year-old woman needed medical care.
In Donetsk region, three people were wounded in Sloviansk and one in Krasnohorodsk. In Kharkiv region, damage was recorded to a medical facility's territory in Kharkiv, a private house in Nova Oleksandrivka in Kupiansk district, two warehouse buildings in Balakliia and a private house in Barvinkove in Izium district, and in Kharkiv district six private houses, three cars, a civilian enterprise in Derhachi, a medical facility in Arkhanhelivka, a car in Momotove and railway infrastructure in Merfy. In Lozova district a civilian enterprise, two apartment buildings, 15 private houses, electrical networks, two garages and a post office in Zlatopil were damaged.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
Ukrainian reports emphasize the human cost: casualties and acute stress reactions in children and adults, damage to civilian and medical infrastructure, and evacuation activity in individual communities. They attribute the attacks directly to Russian forces and itemize the weapons used in Kharkiv region.
Background
Russian forces used two missiles and several types of drones in Kharkiv region, according to local authorities. The transit evacuation point in Lozova has registered 69,373 people since it began operating. The day also saw nearly 900 Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia region, where 32 people were injured, including four children.