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Russian forces launched a massive air assault on Kharkiv using drones and missiles, striking an apartment building. At least 25 people were injured.

Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Kyiv Post Ukrinform Kyiv Independent UNIAN

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Kharkiv (location) Russia (organization) Derzhprom building (location) State Industry Building (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Russian forces (organization) Saltivka district (location) 'Furia' unit (military_unit) 'Hart' Border Guard Brigade (military_unit) Russian aviation (organization) 500-kilogram aerial bomb (weapon_system) Kharkiv rescue teams (organization) Shevchenkivskyi district (location) central Kharkiv (location) Oleh Syniehubov (person) State Emergency Service of Ukraine (organization) Kharkiv SES garrison (military_unit) 2nd Special Rapid Response Center (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) KAB guided aerial bomb (weapon_system) Ihor Terekhov (person) Russian military (organization) Ukrainian soldiers (military_unit) North Korean army (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) Russian tactical aviation (military_unit) guided aerial bombs (weapon_system) 500-kilogram aerial bombs (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

At least 25 people were injured when a Russian strike hit an apartment building in Kharkiv

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The 12-story residential building sustained significant damage, with the first and third floors partially destroyed

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Derzhprom building heavily damaged in Russian attack on November 8, 2024

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A KAB guided aerial bomb hit a 12-story apartment building in the city's Saltivskyi district, causing a fire and destroying multiple floors

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

At least 25 people were injured, and more may be trapped under the rubble

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Five of the wounded were hospitalized

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The attack was launched from the Russian-occupied area of Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian forces dropped 500-kilogram bombs on Kharkiv.

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Extracted: 2026-02-18T00:04:49.965Z

Source story: 41897