A Russian airstrike demolished 10 homes and injured three people in the Kharkiv Oblast village of Piski Radkivski on June 16, 2024. (Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office)
Russian airstrikes on the village of Piski Radkivski in Kharkiv Oblast on June 16 injured a 33-year-old pregnant woman, a 13-year-old boy, and a 59-year-old man, local authorities reported.
All three have been hospitalized. The pregnant woman reportedly suffered from acubarotrauma, commonly referred to as shellshock or a 'contusion' in Ukraine, according to officials.
Further details of their conditions were not immediately made public.
The airstrike hit the village at around 3 p.m., damaging 10 homes and an ambulance.
Russian forces are conducting major offensives into Kharkiv Oblast, simultaneously with other offensives in the Donbas.
Igor is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously covered conflict in the Middle East, investigated corruption in Ukraine and man-made environmental damage in Southeast Asia. He has a Master’s in Journalism from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and was published in the Kyiv Post, USA Today, The Atlantic, Daily Beast and Foreign Policy.
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