Kharkiv Glide Bomb Aftermath Highlights Horror Of Ukraine War

Rescue teams at the scene of a Russian strike on an apartment block in Kharkiv on September 24. 

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov announced that two residential areas in the northeastern city of Ukraine had been hit with Russian glide bombs, killing at least three people. 

Rescuers attempt to lift a concrete panel of a shattered apartment that appears to be covered in blood. 

At least five Russian glide bombs were reported to have been used in the strikes. 

 

A file photo of a Russian glide bomb in flight

Russia's military has repurposed aging stocks of heavy bombs by strapping them into simple airframes equipped with satellite navigation. Russian pilots have been able to launch bombs weighing 500 kilograms from up to 70 kilometers away from their targets. 
 

Remnants of a living space that was destroyed in the September 24 strike.


 

Rescuers removing rubble after the strike. 

Local authorities told media that "people are under the rubble" as rescue work was continuing. 

The damaged apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city

Local authorities said the building had been hit once before, soon after the start of the 2022 Russian invasion. "It was almost repaired. All of the windows had been installed, insulated, and prepared for winter," Mayor Terekov posted on Telegram. 

A child's soft toy lies in the rubble of the strike. 

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted images of the Kharkiv strikes to his social media feeds and called on Kyiv's allies to "stop the terror."