💥 Attack

A series of explosions occurred in Kharkiv during an air raid alert on the night of July 29, likely outside the city.

July 29, 2024 Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast

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Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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

Entities

Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi (location) Russian invaders (organization) Lyptsi (location) Hlyboke (location) Morokhovets (location) Krasne (location) Vovchansk (location) Ukrainian Army (military_unit) Russian troops (organization) Chuhuiv district (location) Vovchansk community (location) Government of Ukraine (organization) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) FPV drone (weapon_system) Pershotravneve village (location) Kupiansk (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Kryvyi Rih (location) Sumy (location) Kharkiv Oblast (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) 142nd training center of the SSO (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Russian occupation forces (organization) 92nd Separate Assault Brigade named after Cossack Ataman Ivan Sirko (military_unit) Akilles Battalion (military_unit) Yuri Fedorenko (person) 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 83rd Tank Regiment (military_unit) 157th Tank Regiment (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Special Operations Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian aircraft (weapon_system) KABs (weapon_system) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Kharkiv rescuers (military_unit) SES (organization)

Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Explosions were heard in Kharkiv – probably, outside the city, during an air raid alert

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Explosions were heard in the cities of Kryvyi Rih and Sumy, as well as in Kharkiv Oblast

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

In addition to honoring the soldiers with state awards, including two Heroes of Ukraine, the nation's highest award, the President assigned the honorary title 'in the name of Corporal General Vsevolod Zmienko' to the 142nd training center of the SSO

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russian occupation forces in the Kharkiv direction in the areas of Hlyboke are preparing assault groups for offensive operations

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Russian aircraft dropped 18 KABs on Kharkiv region areas including Starytsia, Lozova, Vovchanski Khutory, Mali Prokhody, Izbytske, and Prykolodne.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:10.289Z

Source story: 3889823-explosions-heard-in-kharkiv