Kharkiv Survived The Most Massive Russian Attack Since The Start Of The War
- 7.06.2025, 8:25
Three people died and 17 others were injured.
On the night of Saturday, June 7, Russian occupation troops shelled Kharkiv en masse. The enemy used almost fifty "Shaheds", as well as rockets and KABs, several dozen explosions were sounded. There is a hit in a residential house, a victim and injured, among them - two children, writes "Observer".
The city mayor Igor Terekhov and the head of the Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov reported this. In the Kievsky district of Kharkiv, a UAV of the Shahed type hit a civilian enterprise, there was a powerful fire, a building of a higher educational institution and a private house were damaged.
A UAV hit a multi-storey building in the center of the city was also recorded. Apartments from the 6th to the 9th floor are burning there. According to preliminary information, there are people under the rubble in the apartments.
Kharkiv experienced a night of hell: the most massive Russian attack since the beginning of the war killed 3 people and wounded 17 more. Photo and video
After the RF attack in the Osnovyanskiy district there are five victims, among them a one and a half month old infant (according to the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office data released later, the child is 1.5 years old). Subsequently, the OVA reported that the number of casualties due to the attack by enemy drones on Kharkiv increased to seven people.
The Kievsky district of the city also came under enemy attacks. As of 05:17 Sinegubov reported that three people were injured there, among them a 14-year-old girl.
At least two arrivals were recorded in the area.
"In the Kievsky district there is information about two hits of enemy "shaheds": one - in a private house, the other - on the territory of a higher educational institution," stated the mayor of Kharkiv.
Kharkiv experienced a night of hell: the most massive attack of the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war killed 3 people, 17 more were wounded. Photo and video
Terekhov also said that as a result of a strike by Russian troops on a private house in the Kiev district, one person was wounded and another was killed. As of 05:47, he announced new data: one victim and three injured.
At 05:55, the head of Kharkiv OSA said that the number of injured as a result of a drone attack in the Kievskyi district had increased again.
"Three more people were injured in the Kievsky district during the drone attack," Sinegubov wrote.
Before 6 a.m., as the city's situation center tentatively calculated, the Russians had struck the city with 48 "Shaheds," two missiles and four KABs. All in all, one person was known to have died in the city at that moment, and another 13 (including two children) were injured.
The head of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office's department for countering crimes committed in armed conflict, Spartak Borisenko, said that the massive attack on Kharkiv lasted from about 03:30 to 05:00.
"It is known about the use of more than 50 UAVs of the Geran-2 type, four guided aerial bombs and one missile, the type is being established. Prosecutors and investigators are working on the ground to determine all the effects and casualties. As of now, 10 people have sought medical attention, among them a 1.5 year old child. Unfortunately, one person has died. The liquidation of the fire continues. Another woman is under the rubble," Borisenko said.
He added that this is the most massive attack on the city since the beginning of the war.
At around 06:30, the State Emergency Situations Service said a woman living in an apartment on the 8th floor was showing signs of life - and rescuers were able to find and unlock her. This information was also confirmed by Terekhov.
At 06:19, Sinegubov said that one more person had sought medical help, bringing the total number of people injured in the attack to 14.
As of 06:38 the number of dead increased to two (both victims are from the Kievsky district), the injured - up to 17 people.
At 7:13 it became known about the third victim. According to Terekhov, another victim died in the Osnovyanskiy district of Kharkiv.
According to the Kharkiv city mayor, the terrorist shelling of the city resulted in damage to at least 18 high-rise buildings (three of them have damaged structures) and 13 private houses.