Kharkiv: Shaheds destroy floors of an apartment block in the morning; a five-storey stairwell collapses in the evening
Place: KharkivRegion: Kharkiv and Kharkiv regionautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Ukrainian and independent sources agree; Russian sources report only explosions without targets or consequences.
What Russia reports
automatic summary RIA Novosti, citing Suspilne, reported an explosion in Kharkiv amid an air raid alert.
“Взрыв прогремел в Харькове на Украине на фоне воздушной тревоги”
- В Харькове прогремел взрыв — RIA Novosti, 12 October, 20:22
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Mayor Ihor Terekhov said a Shahed strike on an apartment block in the morning destroyed floors 7 to 9 in one stairwell. In the evening, according to governor Oleh Syniehubov, a stairwell of a five-storey building collapsed in Kholodnohirskyi district; by midnight the number injured rose to seven, two of them in serious condition.
“в одному з підʼїздів зруйновано поверхи з 7-го по 9-й”
“6 людей зазнали поранень, зокрема двоє – у важкому стані.”
- У Харкові російський "Шахед" зруйнував кілька поверхів будинку, є постраждалі — Ukrainska Pravda, 12 October, 08:28
- Росіяни масовано атакували Харків: зруйнований під’їзд будинку, 7 постраждалих — Ukrainska Pravda, 12 October, 23:12
What independent sources report
automatic summary DW writes that drones attacked two apartment blocks in Kyivskyi district in the morning, injuring 19 people in total, four with wounds and the rest with acute stress reactions; overnight a Naftogaz gas production facility in the region was hit.
“всего в результате ударов по обеим многоэтажкам пострадали 19 человек”
- БПЛА атаковали две многоэтажки в Харькове, есть пострадавшие — DW (RU), 12 October, 12:06
Confirmation
Confirmation: confirmed by independent sources
The event is reported by international or exile independent outlets and no contradictions in the facts between the groups were detected. This does not mean the independent outlets verified every detail.
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