The Ukrainian Red Cross assists people affected by attacks in Kharkiv and the surrounding region

In Kharkiv, the Ukrainian Red Cross emergency response team worked alongside other emergency services at strike sites in the city’s Novobavarskyi district. Volunteers searched the surrounding areas and damaged buildings, going door to door to identify people affected by the attacks. They provided first aid and psychological first aid to people experiencing acute stress reactions.

Today, a Ukrainian Red Cross assistance point is operating at one of the locations, where people can receive water, hot drinks, snacks and psychological support. Humanitarian assistance is also being provided according to people’s needs. This includes OSB boards and tarpaulins to provide temporary protection for damaged homes, hygiene kits, food parcels, sleeping kits and drinking water.

A Ukrainian Red Cross team is also working in the village of Korotych, which was affected by an overnight attack. Staff and volunteers are currently assessing the needs of those affected to determine what assistance is required.

According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, nine people were injured in the Russian attack on Kharkiv. Two strikes hit residential areas and civilian infrastructure in the Novobavarskyi district. A private house was destroyed, while an industrial building belonging to a civilian enterprise, a multi-storey residential building, other private houses and cars were damaged.

The State Emergency Service also reported that two people were killed and 11 were injured, including two children, in a large-scale Russian attack on the Kharkiv region overnight. In Korotych, private houses and outbuildings were destroyed or damaged. Emergency responders recovered the bodies of a man and a woman from the rubble of one of the houses.