Ukrzaliznytsia has reported on the condition of those injured in Saturday’s Russian strike on Kharkiv — two railway workers have now been confirmed dead

On Saturday, June 7, Russia launched a strike on Kharkiv using glide bombs (KABs), killing two people, including the head of the Children’s Railway. Ukrzaliznytsia has provided an update on the condition of those injured.

According to the company’s chairman, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, instructor Inna Boiko from the Children’s Railway is currently in the hospital in serious condition and on a ventilator.

“However, she is now conscious, with loved ones and our colleagues by her side, and was able to speak. She’s a fighter. She said, ‘I’ll do everything I can to pull through,’” Pertsovskyi wrote.

In addition, Children’s Railway employee Amiran Abashidze and instructor Yuliia Vozikova have also been hospitalized.

“Two more colleagues — Borys Trusov and Yevhen Kinder — are hospitalized and receiving all necessary care. They are being supported, and their shrapnel wounds, fortunately, are not life-threatening. The rest of the team is undergoing outpatient treatment. We are providing them with all necessary medical supplies,” he added.

He also added that the acting head of the Children’s Railway, Hanna Demenkova, and instructor Volodymyr Kovtun were killed in the strike. Kovtun had officially retired from the railway in 2022. He died in the hospital during the night.

Earlier, explosions were heard in Kharkiv following an Air Force alert about the threat of glide bombs (KABs). According to Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, 19 people were injured.

In the Shevchenkivskyi district, a strike hit the territory of the Children’s Railway — one woman was killed and 12 people injured there. Another aerial bomb exploded above a residential building in the same area, wounding two men.

In Kharkiv’s Kyivskyi district, a KAB hit a private residential area, damaging homes and outbuildings. Five people were injured there: two women and two men sustained wounds, and another woman suffered an acute stress reaction.

Yuliia Zavadska