Ihor Terekhov
Ihor Terehov is a Ukrainian politician who has served as mayor of Kharkiv since 2021, when he succeeded Hennadiy Kernes following Kernes's death in office. Before becoming mayor, Terehov served as secretary of the Kharkiv city council and was a close associate of Kernes.
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Russian aerial bomb strike on Kharkiv's Nemyshliansky district kills one woman
On 11 October, Russian forces struck the private sector of Kharkiv's Nemyshliansky district with guided aerial bombs (KABs), hitting a car service station and nearby houses. A woman pulled from the rubble of a damaged house died from her injuries, and the number of injured rose through the day to at least nine or ten, including a 7-year-old boy. Two private houses were completely destroyed.
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Russian strikes kill 7 and injure 80 across Kharkiv Oblast, one residential entrance to be resettled
Russian strikes on Kharkiv city and 10 other settlements in Kharkiv Oblast over the past day killed seven people and injured 80, including three children. Kharkiv's Slobidskyi and Kyivskyi districts were hit with KAB glide bombs and drones, damaging approximately 45 cars, warehouses, two civilian enterprises, and at least four apartment buildings. Residents of one entrance in a heavily damaged apartment building in Slobidskyi district will be resettled, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terehov reported.
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Russian guided bomb strike on Kharkiv residential building injures dozens, including many children
On the night of 28 September, Russian forces struck the Kyivskyi and Saltivskyi districts of Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs. One bomb hit a multi-storey residential building in the Saltivskyi district, destroying the second and third floors and injuring dozens of people, including many children. Search-and-rescue operations concluded with no one found under the rubble, though emergency services rescued 32 people from the damaged building.