At around 15:15 on 2 October, Russian forces carried out three air strikes on the Slobidskyi and Nemyshlianskyi districts of Kharkiv. As of 17:20, according to the mayor, Ihor Terekhov, two people had been killed and a further 31 injured, including three children. The public prosecutor’s office has preliminarily reported the use of UMPB-5 guided bombs.
Briefly about the main points
- Two people were killed as a result of the Russian attack on Kharkiv.
- A total of 31 people, including three children, sustained injuries and other harm.
- The strikes targeted the residential areas of two districts in the city.
- One shell struck a residential building, which was completely destroyed.
- The Public Prosecutor’s Office is collecting debris and investigating a war crime.
The strikes targeted the private sector and residential buildings
The first reports of explosions and strikes in the city emerged at around 3.30 pm. The city authorities reported that private residential buildings in two districts had been hit.
One of the shells struck a residential building directly. According to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a house at one of the locations has been completely destroyed.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office She also reported that civilian residential buildings and private businesses had been hit. Rescue workers, medical staff, law enforcement officers, prosecutors and utility services are working at the sites of the strikes.
The number of casualties was being clarified in the hours immediately following the attack
The figures for the number of casualties fluctuated throughout the day. At 16:25, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Sinegubov reported that 17 people had been injured, including a child.
At the time, he noted that a 48-year-old man who had been injured was in the operating theatre. Later, reports came in of a second fatality, and the mayor updated the overall figures on the consequences of the attack.
Search and rescue operations, the provision of medical care and the identification of the wounded may affect the accuracy of such data in the first few hours following strikes on residential areas.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into an alleged war crime
The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office has launched a pre-trial investigation under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — violation of the laws and customs of war, resulting in loss of life.
Investigators are documenting the effects of the strikes, collecting fragments of munitions and determining the exact type of weapon used. Reports of UMPB-5 is a preliminary assessment by the public prosecutor’s office.
Rescue operations and inspections of damaged buildings in Kharkiv are continuing.
