Woman Killed, 8 Injured in Kharkiv Guided Bomb Strike

[UPDATED: Oct. 11, 3:25 pm , Kyiv time. Updated number of casualties.] A Russian guided aerial bomb strike on the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv killed a 35-year-old woman and injured ten other civilians, including a child, on Sunday, Oct. 11, municipal and regional authorities reported. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov and Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov confirmed the attack on Telegram, stating that Russian tactical aviation launched guided aerial bombs (KABs) into the private residential sector of the district.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Emergency medical teams attempted to resuscitate a 35-year-old woman extracted from the rubble of a destroyed house, but she succumbed to her injuries at the scene, Terekhov said. Syniehubov reported that four additional civilians sustained injuries in the strike: a 7-year-old boy, a 44-year-old woman, a 30-year-old man, and a 61-year-old man. All injured individuals received medical assistance from responding emergency crews. The aerial bomb impact ignited localized fires across the strike perimeter, engaging residential structures and parked vehicles. Terekhov stated that the munitions struck adjacent to an auto repair facility and direct hits completely leveled two private residences. An estimated 15 neighboring homes sustained structural damage from the supersonic blast wave, which shattered windows and collapsed roofing materials. Several passenger vehicles parked near the impact crater also caught fire. Other Topics of Interest Kyiv Urges Residents to Stockpile Food and Water Amid Grid Hits The Kyiv City State Administration advised three-day water reserves, charged power banks, and radiator insulation as strikes strain city utilities. Rescue brigades from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) and municipal utility teams deployed to the neighborhood to suppress the fires, clear collapsed masonry, and assist displaced residents. Later, Siniehubov reported that the number of injured had risen to 8 people. Subsequently, Terekhov confirmed 10 injured people after Russian strike. According to him, 35 houses and 8 cars were damaged Wave of weekend strikes The attack in Kharkiv forms part of a wider wave of Russian standoff strikes targeting Ukrainian municipal settlements and emergency services on Sunday. Earlier on Sunday morning, Russian forces launched an airstrike against the eastern city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region at approximately 9:45 a.m. local time, damaging two multi-story apartment buildings and injuring four people. In the northern Sumy region, a Russian loitering drone struck an emergency medical vehicle at approximately 5:00 a.m. while medical personnel were traveling through the Yampil territorial community toward an emergency call in Svesa. A 44-year-old driver and a 59-year-old paramedic sustained minor injuries and were evacuated by a follow-up medical crew. The strikes followed a late Saturday evening bombardment in the central city of Dnipro, where a Russian strike damaged the eighth and ninth floors of a residential high-rise, injuring four civilians, including two eight-year-old girls. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.