Damage in the Nemyshlianskyi district
Russian forces struck a medical facility in Kharkiv overnight on Nov. 3 using ballistic missiles and guided aerial bombs. This combined attack in the Nemyshlianskyi district resulted in 25 reported injuries. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that the missile strike hit an area connecting buildings at the medical facility in the Nemyshlianskyi district, damaging a medical department building, windows in four apartment buildings, and 10 vehicles. The city of Kharkiv, which has a population of approximately 1.4 million people, sits 30 kilometers from the Russian border. Approximately 200 patients face evacuation to other medical facilities as emergency services work at the scene.
| Strike Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Reported casualties | 25 injuries |
| Patients for evacuation | Approximately 200 |
| Additional munitions | 9 aerial bombs |
| Previous facility strike | Sept. 17 |
The strike on the medical facility follows a Sept. 17 attack that damaged the facility’s AVT-3 crude oil processing unit, according to the General Staff of Ukraine. This latest incident follows reports from late on Nov. 1 that Ukraine’s Air Alert app was hacked, which sent false warnings to citizens’ phones. After those false warnings, Russia’s own air raid alert system showed signs of being compromised. These alerts accounted for 32.5% of operating time, which is up 1.7% from September and almost three times the share recorded a year earlier, according to the Ukrainian Council of Shopping Centers.
Attacks on shelters and regional developments
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that following the initial strike, Russian forces dropped another nine aerial bombs on a shelter where people were taking refuge. Emergency services worked at the scene to manage the casualties. President Zelensky also told Fox News in an interview that Ukraine would welcome further humanitarian ceasefires in other parts of the front line. While local officials manage the medical crisis, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced on Nov. 3 that new rounds of trilateral peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. will occur on Nov. 10 in Abu Dhabi.
In related security developments, Lubinets said that the exact number of people still remaining in Oleshky cannot currently be verified. Ukraine also cannot reveal the number of evacuees as stipulated by an agreement with Russia, he added. A technical breakdown published by HUR states that a new version of a device, called the Gerbera-2, has a range of 1,200 kilometers and carries a 25-kilogram warhead. In a joint video appeal, Ukrainian journalists told their international colleagues, "Fellow journalists, do everything in your power to prevent your countries from siding with evil."
