Overview

• A ballistic missile slammed into a Kharkiv residential neighborhood on August 17, wounding at least 11 people including a 13-year-old girl, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported.
• The blast wave shattered windows in nearby apartments and forced the evacuation of several buildings as medics and rescue teams responded on site.
• In the Sumy region a guided aerial bomb injured a 57-year-old woman and damaged multiple homes and an educational building, regional officials said.
• Reuters witnesses saw first responders attending to victims and inspecting debris in Kharkiv but could not independently verify the weapon types used in either strike.
• Moscow has offered no immediate comment on the attacks and both sides continue to deny deliberately targeting civilians despite mounting Ukrainian casualties.