25 May 2024 Kharkiv missile strikes

25 May 2024 Kharkiv missile strikes
Part of Russian strikes on Kharkiv and 2024 Kharkiv offensive
Hypermarket Epicentr K after the bombing
LocationKharkiv, Ukraine
Date25 May 2024
Attack type
Missile and guided bomb strike
Deaths19[1]
Injured65[2][3][4]
Perpetrators Russia

Air strikes on Kharkiv were carried out by the Russian Armed Forces in four locations on 25 May 2024. At least one UMPB D-30SN bomb was dropped at an Epicentr K hypermarket, destroying it.[5] Russian forces dropped another bomb on the central park of culture and recreation, but it did not detonate.[6][7] In the evening, Russian forces hit a street in a dense residential area of the city.[8] At least two of the victims killed in the airstrike were Epicentr store employees.[8]

According to the Kharkiv Oblast Governor, 19 people were killed as a result of the attacks[1] and at least 65 were injured.[9][10]

  1. ^ a b Kateryna Denisova (29 May 2024). "19 killed, 54 injured as rescue operations after Kharkiv hypermarket attack end". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский приехал в Харьков и записал обращение на фоне разрушенной российским ударом типографии". Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  3. ^ "В Харькове растет число жертв удара по гипермаркету". dw.com.
  4. ^ "Количество пострадавших в результате удара по центру Харькова возросло до 20 | УНН". unn.ua. 25 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Ukraine war: Russian strikes on Kharkiv DIY store kill six and injure 40". The Guardian. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Российские военные нанесли удар по Харькову, сообщается о двух погибших и 35 раненых". Медиазона.
  7. ^ "Войска РФ сбросили две авиабомбы на Харьков. Под удар попал строительный гипермаркет. Есть погибшие и раненые". Meduza.
  8. ^ a b "Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskiy calls for more air defences after deadly strike on Kharkiv store". The Guardian. 26 May 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  9. ^ Méheut, Constant (25 May 2024). "Russia Bombs Hardware Superstore in Kharkiv, Killing 12, Ukraine Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Более 10 погибших при обстреле гипермаркета в Харькове". Радио Свобода. 26 May 2024 – via www.svoboda.org.