💥 Attack

Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with drones on the night of August 1, causing explosions in the Shevchenkivsky district.

August 1, 2023 Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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

Entities

Russian forces (organization) Shahed drone (weapon_system) Kharkiv (location) Pershotravneve (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Kupiansk district (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Izium district (location) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Russian military (organization) 1st Company (32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade) (military_unit) Oleh Syniehubov (person) KAB-250 guided bomb (weapon_system) Shahed loitering munitions (weapon_system) Tatiana Filipova (person) Kharkiv region (location) Volodymyr Tymoshko (person) Dmytro Chubenko (person) State Emergency Service of Ukraine (organization) Russian troops (military_unit) Belgorod Region (location) Rescue workers (organization) Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russia (organization) Ukraine Air Defense (military_unit) Ihor Terekhov (person) Kupiansk direction (location) Lyman direction (location)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian occupiers attack the city of Kharkiv with drones on the night of 1 August; explosions are heard in the city. Source: Mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov, on Telegram; Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov, on Telegram

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces shelled a village in Kharkiv Oblast on Aug. 1, killing an elderly woman and injuring a man

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian drones pummeled a neighborhood in northeastern Ukraine after their return from war-imposed exile

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian forces launched six to seven Shahed UAVs from Belgorod targeting Kharkiv.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

UAVs hit a vocational school in Saltivka district and a sports facility in Shevchenko district.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

About half of the three-story vocational school building was destroyed and two floors of the central sports facility collapsed.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

A bodyguard at the sports facility was injured and hospitalized.

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