17-year-old boy injured in Russian drone strike on Kharkiv

On the evening of September 7, a Russian drone struck the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kharkiv. As a result of the attack, a 17-year-old boy sustained blast injuries; medical personnel are providing him with the necessary care. Update 9:10 p.m. According to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, at approximately 7:45 p.m. in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kharkiv, a drone struck a tree near a café. Preliminary reports indicate that it was an attack by a 'Molniya'-type UAV. The café building and a passenger car were damaged. A 17-year-old boy was injured. In addition, earlier in the day in the city of Kupiansk, an enemy drone struck near a residential area. An 81-year-old man was injured. Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, had previously reported the attack. According to him, a strike by a Russian UAV was initially detected in the area. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene, and experts began investigating the circumstances of the attack. It was later reported that one person had been injured—a 17-year-old boy sustained injuries as a result of the explosion. Medical personnel are providing the victim with all necessary care. Information regarding other possible consequences of the strike is being clarified. As a reminder, over the past 24 hours, the aggressor country shelled the city of Kharkiv and 13 other settlements in the Kharkiv region. A kindergarten, residential buildings, and power lines were damaged.