Russian troops attack Kharkiv

Russian troops attack Kharkiv

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Russian troops launched an attack on Kharkiv city on the afternoon of February 17.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov announced this Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

“The enemy attacked Kharkiv with a UAV. The details are being established,” he said in a post.

Later, Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said that air defense forces had shot down a Russian Molniya.

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“According to preliminary data, the air defense forces have downed an enemy Molniya UAV over Kharkiv. Information about the wreckage in Shevchenkivskyi district is currently being verified, and no casualties have been reported,” the regional governor said.

As reported, on February 6, the Russian army struck a residential area in the Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv with a Molniya drone, hitting the facade of a house.

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