Kharkiv, 30 October 2024: a glide bomb on a nine-storey block

At about 22:45 on a Wednesday a Russian half-tonne aerial bomb fitted with a gliding kit hit a nine-storey apartment block in Saltivka, Kharkiv's largest residential district. One stairwell collapsed from the sixth floor to the ground. Two boys, aged 12 and 15, and a young man were killed under the rubble; 36 people were injured, among them an 11-year-old. Rescuers worked for about eighteen hours. Russia did not comment.

Glide bomb on a residential block; 3 killed, 2 of them children; 36 injured — reported by Ukrainian authorities; no Tier A incident record located Glide bombs on Kharkiv apartment blocks launched from Russian airspace — 2024 to date — pattern War crime: violation of the laws and customs of war combined with intentional killing, Art. 438(2) CCU — position (Kharkiv regional prosecutor, 31 Oct 2024)

Russia said. Russian Ministry of Defence · no statement · 30–31 Oct 2024: “(No Russian statement on the strike on the Saltivka apartment block has been located.)” — A strike Russia does not claim is still a strike Russia made. A Russian aerial bomb with a UMPK kit, launched from the Belgorod region, on a nine-storey residential block at 22:45; 3 killed, 2 of them children; 36 injured; a war-crimes investigation opened the next day.

Evidence held: OHCHR/HRMMU, Protection of Civilians in Ukraine, October 2024 update; State Emergency Service (DSNS), 31 Oct 2024; Kharkiv regional administration (O. Syniehubov), 30–31 Oct 2024.

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The collapsed stairwell of the nine-storey block in Saltivskyi district, Kharkiv, during the night rescue, 31 October 2024

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A State Emergency Service ladder truck at the damaged block, night of 30–31 October 2024

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Rescuers on the aerial ladder at the damaged block, night of 30–31 October 2024

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