💥 Attack

Air defense unit (anti-aircraft unit) shelled in Kharkiv.

February 24, 2022 Kharkiv, Kharkiv

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

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Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Air defense unit shelled in Kharkiv

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Faculty of Physics and Technology building was destroyed on February 24, 2022

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

One of the first battles for the city took place at the Faculty of Physics and Technology on February 24, 2022

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

An apartment complex outside of Kharkiv was damaged on Feb. 24

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A woman was injured in the attack

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

On Feb. 24, [2022], at about 5 a.m., we were woken up by explosions. The city was coming under artillery fire.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ivan Smerechanskyi, deputy commander of an aviation squadron in the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade, witnessed Russian forces bombing Kharkiv on February 24, 2022

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:49.968Z

Source story: 7325265