Russia’s “double-tap” missile attack on Kharkiv kills five people and injures at least 25

On the night of May 31, Russians attacked a densely populated residential area in Kharkiv, reported Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov. According to initial reports, three people were killed and 23 injured in the attack, including a medic and a policewoman, as well as two children.

For months, Russia has been indiscriminately attacking the city of Kharkiv with ballistic missiles, glide bombs and suicide drones, causing damage and civilian casualties.

Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, reported that the Russians again used a “double tap” tactic in a location where paramedics, rescue workers and police forces were already present. Preliminary information suggests that the attackers fired S-300 ballistic missiles at Kharkiv’s Novobavarskyi district, targeting only civilian infrastructure, Syniehubov said.

State police reported that a Russian attack struck a residential area at midnight, hitting a multi-story building and killing two unidentified people. The fourth and fifth floors were destroyed, possibly trapping people. Another attack hit the ground on the site of a factory, killing a security guard born in 1959.

According to Syniehubov’s later statements, the death toll from the Russian attack rose to five when rescuers discovered the body of a man in the rubble. Twenty-five people were injured in the attack and rescue efforts to reach possible survivors trapped under rubble are ongoing. Eight people were hospitalized, two of them in critical condition, as well as a 12-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy, both in moderate condition.

On May 25, Russia launched an airstrike on a crowded hypermarket in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv during a busy shopping weekend, causing a large fire. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported that after the completion of search operations, all 19 victims of the attack had been identified.

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