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'''Missile strike on dormitories in [[Kharkiv]]''' was performed by [[Russian aviation]] with a series of missiles onin the nightevening of 17 August and in the morning of 18 August 2022<ref name="russkie" meduza_2022_08_18/>. This became one of the largest attacks on KharkovKharkiv<ref>{{Cite web|lang=en-US|url=https://news.yahoo.com/one-largest-attacks-kharkiv-took-055011063.html|title=One of largest attacks on Kharkiv took place overnight Oblast Military Administration|website=news.yahoo.com|access-date=2022-08-18}}</ref> and one of the most tragic nights of the city<ref>{{Cite web|lang=en|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/18/russia-ukraine-war-latest-updates/|title=Ukraine live briefing: Russian strikes pound Kharkiv; U.N. chief to discuss grain deal, nuclear risk|website=Washington Post|date=2022-08-18|access-date=2022-08-18}}</ref>. The impact claimed the lives of at least seventeen people<ref name="euro" />, 35<ref name="russkie">{{Cite web|lang=ru|url=https://meduza.io/news/2022/08/17/v-harkove-pod-obstrel-popalo-obschezhitie-pogibli-shest-chelovek|title=В Харькове под обстрел попало общежитие. Погибли семь человек|website=Meduza|access-date=2022-08-18}}</ref> were injured (including 3 children<ref name="bbc" />).
 
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In the Slobodsky district, one or two people were killed and 18 were injured, including two children<ref name="bbc" />.
 
In the Saltivskyi district, at least 12 people were killed and 20 injured,<ref name=meduza_2022_08_18>{{cite web |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/08/18/9-dead-and-almost-40-injured-in-kharkiv-after-overnight-shelling |title=At least 17 dead and dozens injured in Kharkiv after overnight shelling |date=2022-08-18 |publisher=Meduza |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819015024/https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/08/18/9-dead-and-almost-40-injured-in-kharkiv-after-overnight-shelling |archivedate=2022-08-19 |url-status=live}}</ref> including an 11-year-old child<ref name="bbc" />.
 
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