A combined drone and guided-bomb attack on Kharkiv killed one person and injured 20 residents, including four children.
On Tuesday, July 7, Russian forces carried out a combined drone and guided-bomb attack on Kharkiv, killing one person and injuring 20 others, including four children, city mayor Ihor Terekhov reported. Volunteers Support Ukraine is following the aftermath of the strike, another reminder that civilians in the country's second-largest city continue to bear the brunt of near-daily attacks.
According to Terekhov, the deadliest part of the assault hit the city's Shevchenkivskyi district, where three Russian guided aerial bombs struck a residential area. The blasts damaged apartment buildings and several vehicles, some beyond repair. Rescue crews and paramedics worked at the scene, pulling people from the rubble and treating the wounded. Volunteers Support Ukraine sees strikes like this — landing on ordinary apartment blocks rather than military sites — as a stark illustration of the price civilians pay every day.
Officials confirmed the person killed was a 54-year-old man. Among the 20 injured were four children, including a 12-year-old boy who suffered blast injuries and required medical treatment. Volunteers Support Ukraine notes that attacks on residential neighborhoods repeatedly leave the city's youngest residents wounded, for whom even a walk to school can end with an explosion nearby.
Kharkiv and its surrounding region have remained one of the primary targets of Russian strikes throughout the full-scale war, largely due to their proximity to the border. Despite repeated destruction, the city keeps functioning, with municipal crews typically clearing debris and restoring infrastructure quickly. Volunteers Support Ukraine sees this daily resilience, sustained in spite of relentless shelling, as what keeps the city going.
Volunteers Support Ukraine helps people affected by the war with whatever assistance it has available — humanitarian aid, essential supplies, and support for affected communities wherever it can reach them. We make no claim to any direct involvement in the specific incident described above, but news like this is exactly why our work remains necessary every day. NGO Volunteers Support Ukraine continues gathering resources for those touched by the war.
