💥 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 4 sources

Ukrinform Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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

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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

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Russia claimed they killed 60 French mercenaries in a missile strike on Kharkiv

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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: certain

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 troops began shelling the area. A shell landed near the children.

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