Throughout the day, Russian forces struck Kharkiv, Izium, and Kupiansk districts. Against the civilian population, they used guided aerial bombs and drones of various types. Civilian infrastructure was damaged.
This was reported by the Kharkiv Regional Police.
In Vilshany, a strike drone hit the yard of a private house. A local family was injured: a 49-year-old man, his 46-year-old wife, their 19-year-old daughter, and a 76-year-old woman. All suffered acute stress reactions. The house and a garage were damaged.
In the village of Nova Kozacha, Derhachi community, a 70-year-old man was injured, and private households were destroyed.
In the Kupiansk district, several houses were damaged by shelling, but no casualties were reported.
On the morning of August 17, in Barvinkove, a drone strike on the roof of a three-story residential building caused a fire.
Police documented all incidents and entered the information into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations under criminal proceedings related to Russia’s armed aggression.