💥 Attack

A Russian Shahed drone struck a children's sanatorium in Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi district, causing a fire. The attack was part of a large-scale Russian combined attack using drones and ballistic missiles on the night of 12-13 January.

Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

A Shahed drone hit a children's sanatorium in Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi district. A fire has broken out at the scene.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces carried out a combined missile and drone attack on the city of Kharkiv and its outskirts, killing four employees of a Ukrainian parcel delivery company and injuring six others

Russian strikes damaged energy infrastructure and hit a postal terminal in Kharkiv Oblast, killing four civilians

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Extracted: 2026-02-17T04:19:05.846Z

Source story: 8015826