On 30 June 2024, at around 16:30, Russian forces once again carried out an airstrike on Kharkiv. A guided aerial bomb flew about 80 kilometers and hit just a few meters from a Nova Poshta facility in the Slobidskyi district of the city.
“Employees were unloading parcels at the moment of impact. This is not only terror against civilians—the enemy continues to terrorize businesses as well, since this is not the first hit on a Nova Poshta terminal,” said the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov. According to him, the strike destroyed the Nova Poshta terminal.
As a result of the enemy airstrike, one person was killed. Police reported that the deceased man was about 40 years old: “The body is severely mutilated, so a lab will be used for DNA identification... A family with an infant was nearby the impact site: due to the blast wave, the child fell onto the sidewalk and sustained injuries.”
By evening, the number of injured had risen to nine, including an eight-month-old baby boy. An inspection of the impact site is ongoing. Rescuers managed to catch fire.
The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office noted that as a result of the enemy attack, eight vehicles were destroyed and another five were damaged. Prosecutors and police investigators are documenting war crimes at the site. A criminal proceeding has been opened under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war combined with premeditated murder).
IN Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Officenoted that as a result of the enemy attack, eight vehicles were destroyed, five more damaged. At the scene of the attack, prosecutors and police investigators record war crimes. Criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Art. 438 Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder).
Russia uses guided aerial bombs daily against eastern and southern Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that in this week alone, the enemy used more than 800 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine. “Against our cities and communities, against our people, against everything that sustains normal life,” the head of state wrote.
This material was produced with the support of The Fritt Ord Foundation.
Worked on the piece:
Topic researcher, author: Vira Labych
Literary editor: Yuliia Futei
Photo editor: Viacheslav Ratynskyi
