Russian Drones Kill Kharkiv Market Traders, Plunges City Into Blackouts
Russian drone attacks killed two people and left 280,000 electricity customers without power in Kharkiv on Friday, officials said. Ten people were hospitalized, including two in serious condition, as strikes hit civilian sites across the city.
On Friday, Oct. 16, Russian drones struck a market in Kharkiv, killing two traders and causing widespread power outages. The victims were a 71-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man, who were identified as market traders by Kharkiv regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov. Mayor Ihor Terekhov confirmed the deaths and reported that the attacks affected four districts within Ukraine's second-largest city, leaving 280,000 consumers without electricity.
The drone strikes resulted in 19 people being affected, with 10 hospitalized, including two in critical condition. Viktor Zabashta, director of the regional emergency medical center, stated that a man wounded near the heart was in a critical condition, and over a dozen others required medical care due to shrapnel wounds. Eleven ambulance crews responded to the scene, according to Zabashta.
Mayor Terekhov reported that an attack on critical infrastructure disrupted power to 280,000 customers, though the restoration timeline remained unspecified. Later that morning, a drone hit a civilian business in the Nemyshlianskyi district, injuring two individuals. In Sumy, a separate Russian drone attack damaged a shopping center's roof and facade, injuring three people.
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