💥 Attack

Russian forces launched a missile attack on Kharkiv city center, firing two missiles that targeted residential areas and civilian infrastructure.

January 17, 2024 Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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

Entities

Russian troops (military_unit) Kharkiv (location) missile (weapon_system) civilians (person) Oleh Syniehubov (person) Ihor Terekhov (person) Volodymyr Tymoshko (person) medical facility (location) rescue workers (organization) Kharkiv region police (organization) Dmytro Chubenko (person) Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office (organization) guided aerial bomb (weapon_system) Malyi Burluk (location) village council (location) guided bomb (weapon_system) 10-year-old boy (person) 13-year-old girl (person) 61-year-old woman (person) Russia (organization) S-300 (weapon_system) Kholodnohirskyi district (location) Ashera Medical Center (location) Serhiy Bolvinov (person) Russian forces (military_unit) KAB laser-guided bomb (weapon_system) Ukrainian forces (organization) Chuhuiv (location) Russian Federation (organization) Malii Burluk (location) Kharkiv Oblast (location) Oleksandr Reshetniak (person) Alina (person) Russian Federation Armed Forces (organization) RIA Novosti (organization) SOS Donbass (organization) S-300 missile system (weapon_system) Chuhuiiv (location) Maly Burluk (location) Kupiansk (location) Fedorivka (location) Vovchansk (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russian army (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Bleshnia (location) Karpovychi (location) Yeline (location) Seredyna-Buda (location) Romashkove (location) Sosnivka (location) Okip (location) Kozacha Lopan (location) Hatyshche (location) Pletenivka (location) Synkivka (location) Ivanivka (location) Berestove (location) Multiple Rocket Launcher System (weapon_system) Oleh Synehubov (person) aerial bomb (weapon_system) Kupiansk district (location) KAB-guided bomb (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Russian invaders hit Kharkiv with two missiles

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The attack targeted the city center and residential areas

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

The Russians fired a KAB laser-guided bomb on the village of Malyi Burluk in the Kupiansk district in Kharkiv Oblast on Wednesday 17 January, killing a 61-year-old woman and seriously injuring a 10-year-old boy who suffered a traumatic amputation.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

A 61-year-old woman in Malyi Burluk had been killed in the Russian attack and a 14-year-old girl had received shrapnel wounds.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian missile attacks on Jan. 17 around 10:30 p.m. struck the town of Chuhuiv, damaging an educational center and killing one person.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian forces captured swathes of the Kharkiv region shortly after invading Ukraine in February 2022, and have kept up efforts to wrest the region despite losing ground there.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Two S-300 missiles hit Chuhuiv on January 17 at around 22:30.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:00.112Z

Source story: 3814394-russian-missile-strike-on-kharkiv-injures-17-damages-hospital