Night shelling of Kharkiv: what the rockets destroyed in the city center

In Kharkiv, four rockets hit a civil industry facility. Buildings were destroyed, there was a large-scale fire. Oleg Synegubov, the head of the regional military administration, told about the consequences of the missile attack that the enemy made in the center of Kharkiv late in the evening of February 7.

According to preliminary information, the occupiers shelled Kharkiv with S-300 missiles.

During yesterday’s Russian attack on Kharkiv, four rockets hit a civil industry facility. There are no casualties.

This was announced by the head of the regional military administration Oleg Synegubov.

“Yesterday, around 11:00 p.m., the enemy launched a rocket attack on the center of Kharkiv. 4 missiles, previously S-300, hit a civil industry facility. Buildings were destroyed, there was a large-scale fire. Impacts to the ground were also recorded in the territory of the Central Park of the city. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The elimination of the consequences of the strikes continues,” Sinegubov said.

The chairman of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov also published a photo of the consequences of the attack on the city park.

In the evening of February 7, the occupiers launched a rocket attack on Kharkiv. Initially, it was reported that 6-10 missiles were hit.

On February 5, the Russians hit the center of Kharkiv with two S-300 missiles. One of the rockets hit a residential building, the second hit a higher educational institution. As a result of the impact, 5 people were injured.

In Kharkiv Region, an elderly woman died as a result of shelling, and a teenager was hospitalized

During the day, as a result of shelling in Kharkiv Region, one person died and another was injured.

This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Sinegubov.

According to Synegubov, yesterday around 11:00 p.m. the enemy launched a rocket attack on the center of Kharkiv. 4 missiles, previously S-300, hit a civil industry facility. Buildings were destroyed, there was a large-scale fire. Impacts to the ground were also recorded in the territory of the Central Park of the city. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Elimination of the consequences of the strikes continues.

During the day, the enemy massively shelled Vovchansk, Kupyansk, Dvorichna, Strelecha, Veterinarne and other settlements close to the contact line of Chuguyiv, Kupyansk and Kharkiv districts.

In Vovchansk, a 16-year-old girl was injured and hospitalized as a result of artillery shelling, and a 74-year-old woman, unfortunately, died.

As a result of the shelling, the city hospital of Vovchansk was repeatedly damaged, and a fire broke out. One of the shrapnel hit the ambulance car carrying the patient. There were no casualties in the car.

In Kupyansk, 6 garages were destroyed and 10 garages damaged by shelling, and fires broke out.

Synegubov also added that fierce fighting continues on the front line. Ukrainian fighters hold their positions and inflict losses on the occupiers.

The Russians shelled Kharkiv from Belgorod. Last night, Kharkiv was again under fire. Around 11 p.m., six explosions rang out in the city. Eyewitnesses in social networks note that the rockets flew from the Russian city of Belgorod.

The chairman of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov published the first photos after the shelling of the city and noted that the Russians also hit the Central Park. “Our Central Park was also attacked tonight,” the Chairman wrote.

During the shelling, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Sinegubov, confirmed that rocket strikes were being launched and urged everyone to be careful, not to leave shelter. Later, the head of the region reported that Russian missiles hit the central part of Kharkiv. “Enemy missiles have been hit in the central part of Kharkiv. Previously S-300, from 6 to 10 missiles. Information about the victims and the scale of the destruction is being clarified,” Oleg Synegubov wrote.

Chairman of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov reported that a fire broke out at the place where one of the missiles hit. “Six “arrivals” in Kharkiv. So far, we have confirmation of strikes on an industrial facility in the Kyiv district of the city. We also have information about a fire at the site of one of the arrivals,” the chairman wrote.

According to the information of the General Staff, shelling did not abate in the Kharkiv region as well. In the Slobozhansk direction, the situation remains unchanged, no signs of the formation of offensive groups have been detected. The areas of Veterinarne, Strelecha, Krasne, Hlyboke, Liptsi, Staritsa, Morokhovets, Zelene, Neskuchne, Gatyshche, Vovchansk, Budarky, Vilkhuvatka, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk and Kamianka in Kharkiv Oblast were shelled. Areas of more than 40 settlements were affected by fire in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions. Among them are Dvorichna, Hryanikyvka, Kucherivka, Kup’yansk, Kurylivka, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka, Berestovka, Krokhmalne, Vyshneve, Chervonopivka and Kuzmyne of the Kharkiv region.

Oleg Synegubov, head of the regional military administration, reported that there were no casualties among the civilian population as a result of the rocket attacks inflicted by the Russian occupying forces on the center of Kharkiv on February 7 at around 11:00 p.m.

“4 rockets, previously S-300, hit a civil industry facility. Buildings were destroyed, a large-scale fire broke out. Also, impacts to the ground in the territory of the city’s Central Park were recorded. Fortunately, no one was injured. The elimination of the consequences of the impacts continues,” he wrote Synegubov.

According to him, during the day, the occupiers massively shelled Vovchansk, Kupyansk, Dvorichna, Strelecha, Veterinarne and other settlements of the Chuguyiv, Kupyansk and Kharkiv districts of the region near the contact line.

“In Vovchansk, a 16-year-old girl was injured and hospitalized as a result of artillery shelling, and a 74-year-old woman, unfortunately, died,” Sinegubov wrote.

As a result of the shelling, the city hospital of Vovchansk was repeatedly damaged, and a fire broke out. One of the shrapnel hit an ambulance carrying a patient. There were no casualties. In Kupyansk, 6 garages were destroyed and 10 garages damaged by shelling, and fires broke out.

During the escape from Balaklia, Kharkiv region, the Russian military left a flash drive with secret information and data of servicemen involved in the commission of war crimes in the city.

Journalists assume that the carrier belonged to one of the deputy commanders for political work of the “Balaklia” military group. Thanks to the documents on the flash drive, it was possible to identify not only the units of the Russian Armed Forces that were in Balaklia during the occupation of the city, but also individual servicemen who tried to recruit the local population and sought out victims for torture during the occupation of the city.

Journalists identified 46-year-old colonel Mykola Klimanov from Voronezh, deputy commander for military and political work of the 11th Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation. At the end of March, in Balaklia, Savintsy and surrounding villages, he organized work to identify persons with a negative attitude towards the Russian army. He was offered to be presented to the Russian “Order of Courage”.

It was also possible to identify the senior operational officer of the FSB of Russia from the Baltic Fleet and the troops of the Kaliningrad region, Major Dmytro Meleshenko. Journalists also found a physical document with the signature of 36-year-old Meleshenko at one of the enterprises in Balaklia, which was turned into a command headquarters by the Russian army during the occupation.

Chernev also organized the work to identify and detain persons who have a negative attitude towards servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces and the People’s Militia of the People’s Republic of China. For this, he was offered to be presented with a medal “For Military Achievement” of the highest degree with a monetary incentive.

Journalists spoke with several residents who were imprisoned in the Balaklia police district during the occupation, where the Russian military set up a torture chamber. According to the testimony of the prisoners, representatives of the FSB of the Russian Federation were usually present in places of detention. They gave instructions, interrogated and made sure that after leaving or escaping, no traces were left in the places of their deployment, which would help to identify them. With the help of the Russian editorial office of Radio Liberty, it was possible to identify FSB employees who worked in Balaklia.

The signatures of the FSB employees were found on electronic award documents from a secret flash drive. In particular, it was possible to identify the senior operational officer of the FSB of Russia from the Baltic Fleet and the troops of the Kaliningrad Region, Major Dmytro Meleshenko.

Journalists also found a physical document with the signature of 36-year-old Meleshenko at one of the enterprises in Balaklia, which the Russians turned into a command headquarters during the occupation.

Another identified FSB employee from Balaklia is Pavlo Kashirskyi. The found documents testify not only to his presence in Balaklia, but also to how he behaved with the locals. He organized the involvement of officials of the Balaklia administration to cooperate with the command of the “Balaklia” group. At the beginning of the occupation of Balaklia, the then mayor Ivan Stolbovoi sided with the occupiers. Now in Ukraine, he was informed of the suspicion of treason.

Kashirskyi also provided protection against “provocative and terrorist threats”, as well as information and propaganda support. According to the discovered documents, he “installed 8 gunners and artillery adjusters of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, 6 people who “promote nationalist ideas” and are aggressively opposed to the Russian army, as well as “12 assistants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”, who transmitted data on the location of units of the “Balaklia” group “. 

There is information on the flash drive that “during special events, their activities have been suspended.” 30-year-old ensign Serhiy Pashkeev from the city of Sochi is also mentioned. According to the documents on the flash drive, he is the chief of the secret unit of the 9th motorized rifle regiment of the 18th motorized rifle division of the 11th Army Corps of the Russian Federation.

He ensured the management of the secret administration of the “Balaklia” troop group. During the artillery shelling of the command post, he personally participated in the evacuation of secret documents and had to ensure the protection of state secrets, including on electronic media, such as a flash drive.

Journalists also published data about who commanded the “Balaklia” group of troops, and therefore is responsible for the atrocities committed there. This is Major General Andrii Ruzynskyi. He is officially listed as the commander of the 11th Corps of the Baltic Fleet, in Balaklia he directly managed the group. Since May 2018, he has been under Ukrainian sanctions as a participant in the war in Donbas, and the GUR calls him a war criminal. In the summer of 2022, Ivan Popov became the new commander, as evidenced by the documents found.

The original of the flash drive forgotten by the occupiers is now in the investigation of the Kharkiv region Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Department and is being studied as part of criminal proceedings.