The Ukrainian Red Cross provides assistance to people affected by attacks in Kharkiv region
Today, Ukrainian Red Cross teams worked in Lozova, Izium and the village of Vasyshcheve in the Kharkiv region, where attacks damaged residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure.
In Lozova, volunteers from the local branch of the Ukrainian Red Cross emergency response team worked alongside other emergency services at sites affected by the morning strikes. They inspected damaged buildings and surrounding areas, carried out door-to-door visits to identify people in need of assistance, and provided first aid and psychological support.
People affected by the attacks also received humanitarian assistance, including OSB boards and tarpaulins to temporarily cover damaged homes, hygiene kits and food parcels, drinking water, sleeping kits and other essential items.
In Izium, the team from the local Ukrainian Red Cross branch is providing humanitarian assistance to residents whose homes were damaged by overnight and morning attacks. People are receiving OSB boards, tarpaulins, and plastic sheeting to provide temporary protection for damaged homes, as well as hygiene kits, food parcels, drinking water, sleeping kits and other essential items.
According to preliminary information from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU), Russian guided aerial bomb strikes on Izium killed one person and injured 14 others. Apartment buildings, private houses and shops were partially destroyed or damaged. Several vehicles caught fire, and emergency responders extinguished the fires.
In the village of Vasyshcheve in the Kharkiv district, the team from the Kharkiv regional branch of the Ukrainian Red Cross assisted residents affected by the attack the previous day. The team provided psychological support and humanitarian assistance to meet people’s immediate needs, including materials to temporarily protect damaged homes.
According to SESU, 12 people, including a child, were injured in the Russian attack on the Kharkiv region, including Vasyshcheve. In the village, a strike drone hit the roof of a five-storey residential building, damaging the apartments and the floor between storeys. Emergency responders freed two residents who had been trapped in an apartment on the top floor.поверсі.
