Missile strike destroys timber plant in Ukraine's Kharkiv

Record ID: 1675376

  • Title: Missile strike destroys timber plant in Ukraine's Kharkiv
  • Date: 3rd June 2022
  • Summary: KHARKIV, UKRAINE (JUNE 3, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF DESTROYED TIMBER COMPANY VARIOUS OF MAN WALKING THROUGH RUBBLE VARIOUS OF MAN SHOWING SCRAP METAL, POSSIBLY OF MISSILE VARIOUS OF DESTROYED TIMBER STORAGE YARD COMPANY ACCOUNTANT, TETIANA HASAN, WALKING THROUGH RUBBLE DESTROYED COMPANY BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) COMPANY ACCOUNTANT, TETIANA HASAN, SAYING: “Windows, roofing, walls, everything made from wood. All kinds of roofing. We manufactured all these products, and it was in high demand.” SHELF WITH RELIGIOUS ICONS (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) COMPANY ACCOUNTANT, TETIANA HASAN SAYING: “Why would one bomb such beauty?” VARIOUS OF DESTROYED TIMBER STORAGE YARD BLAST CRATER VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS VARIOUS OF DESTROYED ROOMS IN BUILDING MAN STANDING IN RUBBLE
  • Embargoed: 17th June 2022 16:37
  • Keywords: Kharkiv company strike timber
  • Location: KHARKIV, UKRAINE
  • City: KHARKIV, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001258103062022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A timber plant in Kharkiv was destroyed by a missile strike early Friday (June 3), according to the company owning it. Local authorities did not report any casualties.
    A fire broke out as a result of the strike, destroying machines, industrial facilities, and burned down timber in the storage yard, local media reported.
    The company manufactured various wooden products, including windows and roofing, accountant Tetiana Hasan told Reuters.
    “Why would one bomb such beauty,” she wondered looking at religious icons on display in an office.
    Kharkiv, Ukraine's second biggest city, had been relatively quiet since Ukrainian forces regained territory around it and pushed back Russian troops earlier this month, enabling rescuers to search for bodies of people buried under the rubble weeks before.
    Kharkiv suffered heavy bombardment from the very start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, which left the city of 1.5 million a wasteland of ruined buildings and debris.
    (Production: Vitalii Hnidyi, Andrii Pryimachenko, Stephan Schepers)
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