IRYNA BALACHUK — WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2022, 11:22 AM
On August 31, the Russian military attacked Kharkiv with three rockets fired from Belgorod; another exploded on Russian territory.
source: Oleg Syniehubov, the head of the military administration of the Kharkiv region, by telegram
Quote from Syniehubov: “Around midnight, three rockets were fired from Belgorod towards Kharkiv. One of them exploded on the territory of the Russian Federation, another [exploded] in the air over the territory of the Shevchenko district of Kharkiv.”
details: The last rocket, according to the head of the region’s military administration, hit the area near an educational institution in Kyiv district; Residential buildings and offices were damaged, fires broke out and two women (81 and 71 years old) were injured.
Active military operations continue at the contact line. Russian forces use gun and rocket artillery and aircraft to attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to Syniehubov, Ukrainian defenders repel Russian efforts and neutralize their personnel and equipment.
background:
On the morning of August 31, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Belgorod Oblast, reported that several explosions sounded in Belgorod; He said air defense systems had been activated.
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