A Russian strike on the morning of August 9 destroyed several floors of an apartment block in Kharkiv's Saltivka district, killing two and injuring 27, including a 5-year-old boy.
On the morning of Sunday, August 9, Russian forces struck a multi-story residential building in Kharkiv's Saltivka district, destroying floors seven through ten and trapping people under the rubble. Two men — aged 50 and 66 — were killed. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said the number of injured had risen to 27, including a 5-year-old boy; four people were hospitalized. Volunteers Support Ukraine extends its deepest condolences to the families of those killed and its sympathy to everyone injured in this strike.
According to updated figures, 11 of the injured suffered blast trauma, two were treated for carbon-monoxide poisoning, and eight more, including the child, were treated for acute stress reaction. Rescue operations continued for hours as crews worked to reach people in the collapsed section of the building. Volunteers Support Ukraine emphasizes that behind every figure in statistics like these is a real human tragedy.
Fire and rescue units used ladder platforms and specialized equipment to reach the upper floors of the collapsed section. The work was complicated by the structural instability left by the direct hit. Volunteers Support Ukraine thanks every rescuer who risks their life daily clearing rubble after Russian strikes.
Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, is regularly struck by Russian attacks despite being a densely populated civilian center. Saltivka, one of the city's largest residential districts, has repeatedly been targeted by similar strikes throughout the full-scale war. Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to follow the situation in the city and the impact of such attacks on residents.
A representative of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration briefed the press directly at the site of the strike, confirming the latest casualty figures and the progress of the rescue operation. Volunteers Support Ukraine considers timely, transparent public reporting on the consequences of such attacks essential, and continues helping people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow.
