💥 Attack

Russian warplanes launched glide bombs (KAB) and missiles in a series of strikes on Kharkiv, with the first wave hitting a forest strip in Shevchenkivskyi district causing a fire and damaging residential buildings.

Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
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Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Russian warplanes launched what is believed to be KAB glide bombs and missiles at Kharkiv

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

First wave of strikes tentatively involved missiles that hit a forest strip in the Shevchenkivskyi district, causing a fire and damaging residential buildings nearby

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine will likely face major blackouts this winter as the power grid has been decimated by Russian attacks.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

The occupiers struck Kharkiv Oblast with three S-300/S-400 surface-to-air missiles from Belgorod Oblast

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

12 unmanned aerial vehicles were dropped on Kupiansk, damaging at least 13 private houses and injuring six civilians.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:12.837Z

Source story: 3907176-explosions-in-kharkiv-as-russia-bombards-city-overnight-thursday