Strike on Ukrainian Command Post in Kharkiv Region Kills 80, Russian Defense Ministry Says
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that a Russian airstrike destroyed a Ukrainian command post and killed 80 people in Hrushivka, in the Kharkiv region.
Footage released on Monday, September 9, to Telegram shows a strike on buildings in Hrushivka. The buildings are seen razed to the ground after the strike.
The footage also shows white vehicles arriving in the area, which the Russian Ministry described as “Ukrainian Armed Forces evacuation vehicles.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that 80 people were killed in the strike, and that “8 units of equipment” were destroyed.
“A decision was made to carry out an airstrike using an FAB aerial bomb with a universal planning and correction module at the moment of the largest concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel,” it said.
According to Russian Telegram channels, the Ukrainian command post was used to distribute “forces and resources” in Kupiansk, Petropalovka, Kucherovka, Podolah, Kurylivka, and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense via Storyful