Over 24 hours on September 14–15, Russian forces struck Izyum in Kharkiv Oblast with guided bombs, a missile, and multiple-launch rocket systems: one person killed, more than 13 wounded, including children.
Izyum in Kharkiv Oblast came under heavy fire once again: over roughly 24 hours on September 14–15, the town was hit at least several separate times — by guided aerial bombs, a missile, and multiple-launch rocket systems. The toll: one person killed and more than 13 wounded, among them several children and teenagers, and a two-month-old infant. Volunteers Support Ukraine looks at what happened.
Overnight into September 14, occupying forces struck Izyum with a guided aerial bomb. Three people were wounded — a 56-year-old man, a 34-year-old woman, and their two-month-old baby. The strike destroyed four private houses outright and damaged five more, along with nearby cars.
Later the same day, the town was hit again, this time by a missile — four residents were wounded, three of them minors: a 17-year-old boy, a 16-year-old girl, and a 14-year-old boy. That evening, around 9:50 p.m., occupying forces struck Izyum with three more guided aerial bombs, damaging at least nine private houses and a power line.
The attacks on the town continued from the evening of September 14 into the morning of the 15th, with dozens of guided-bomb and missile hits recorded across different parts of Izyum. An administrative building was also damaged. By the final tally, a 26-year-old man was killed in the town over the course of the day, and the number of wounded climbed to more than 13, including four children. Kharkiv Regional Military Administration head Oleh Syniehubov said all relevant emergency services were working at the sites of the strikes.
Shrapnel and blast waves damaged not just homes, but cars and utility infrastructure right in residents' yards. It's one of the heaviest strikes on Izyum in recent memory — and another reminder that frontline communities in Kharkiv Oblast continue living under constant threat.
Every strike like this is a reminder of how many civilians pay the highest price for this war, day after day. Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to help people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow.
