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Projectile event in Kharkiv, Kholodnohirs'kyi District area, Ukraine on Wed 18th March 2026

18th March 2026

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As a result of the morning attack on March 18 on Kharkiv and the region, one person was killed and five were injured.

Source: Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov , Head of Kharkiv OVA Oleg Synegubov

Direct speech from the head of the Kharkiv region: "One person died, another was injured due to the Russian shelling of the Kholodnohirsky district of Kharkiv. The deceased man is 54 years old."

Details: It later became known that two men (aged 23 and 45) were injured and hospitalized.

The mayor of Kharkiv clarified that the occupiers struck with a combat drone.

"Work at the site of enemy shelling continues," Sinegubov noted.

Updated: Later, the head of the OVA reported that the occupiers attacked a civilian car with a drone in the village of Ruski Tyshky, Kharkiv district. A 65-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman suffered minor injuries there. They were hospitalized.

At 2:24 p.m., Sinegubov wrote about the third victim of the Russian attack on Kharkiv this morning. According to him, a 16-year-old boy went to the hospital on his own. He was diagnosed with explosive wounds.

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Kharkiv ( Kholodnohirs'kyi District area )

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