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Man seriously injured in Kharkiv after approaching fallen drone to look at it

Fallen drone detonates in Kharkiv, seriously injuring man

Two people injured in Russia’s attack on Kharkiv on 2 June remain in hospital, one of them in critical condition.

Anna Hontar, spokesperson for the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, told Ukrinform’s correspondent this, Censor.NET informs.

Condition of those injured after shelling

According to the spokesperson, two men remain in hospital after the morning shelling. One of them, a 51-year-old patient, is in moderate condition. The other injured person, a 30-year-old man, sustained a blast injury and is in critical condition.

The regional police press service told Ukrinform that on Lev Landau Avenue in the Slobidskyi district, a man born in 1995 approached a fallen UAV to look at it, and at that moment it detonated.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that "fragments of an enemy combat drone fell in the Slobidskyi district."

On 2 June, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with Shaheds. In the Osnovianskyi district, a 50-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man sustained blast injuries, while a 30-year-old man was injured in the Slobidskyi district.