Undefined Explosive Device (UED)

Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Kharkiv, Shevchenkivs'kyi District area, Ukraine on Wed 29th April 2026

29th April 2026

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On the evening of April 29, a car exploded near a supermarket in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, injuring a passerby.

Source: Kharkiv Oblast Police , correspondent of "Public Kharkiv"

Police verbatim: " At around 8:50 p.m., the police received a report of a car explosion near a supermarket on Peremohy Avenue. The explosion caused a fire."

Details: According to the correspondent of "Suspilne Kharkiv", no one was in the car at the time of the explosion. A 27-year-old man who was passing by the car was injured. The man was hospitalized, he has soft tissue damage to his head.

An investigative and operational team and explosives technicians arrived at the scene. The fire has already been contained.

Law enforcement officers are examining the scene, identifying witnesses and all the circumstances of the explosion.

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