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UPDATE: Russian glide bomb attack injures 6, including 2 children, in Kharkiv

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UPDATE: Russian glide bomb attack injures 6, including 2 children, in Kharkiv
(Photo for illustration purposes) Burned kitchen of the residential house in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2024. (Yakiv Liashenko / The Kyiv Independent)

Russian forces struck a residential area in Kharkiv with UMPB D-30 glide bombs, injuring six people, including two children, on the afternoon of May 18, the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported.

Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, sits just 20 miles south of the Russian border and has been a frequent target of Russian strikes.

Russian forces launched new offensive operations in the north of Kharkiv Oblast on May 10, exposing Kharkiv and several border settlements in the region to heavy attacks.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Tereknov said earlier in the day that several houses were destroyed in the attack.

Among the wounded were two men, aged 47 and 74, a woman, aged 47, and two children, aged 13 and 16. An 8-year-old girl had an acute stress reaction.

The regional prosecutor’s office did not specify the nature of their injuries or their condition.

Following the attack, the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation into the alleged war crime.

The day before, a Russian glide bomb strike on Kharkiv killed four people and wounded over 30, according to Terekhov.

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Alexander Khrebet is a reporter with the Kyiv Independent. He covers Ukraine’s foreign policy, alleged abuse of power in the country’s military leadership, and reports on the Russian-occupied territories. Alexander is the European Press Prize 2023 winner, the #AllForJan Award 2023 winner and Ukraine's 2022 National Investigative Journalism Award finalist. His was published in the Washington Times and Atlantic Council.

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