Trying to destroy the harvest: Russian troops deliberately hit a bread field in Kharkiv region

Russian troops in Kharkiv Region deliberately shelled a bread field in order to destroy the future harvest. This was reported by the State Emergency Situations Service on 1 July.

on 1 July around 16:00 the enemy struck a ripe wheat field near the village of. Karasevka Zolochevka community of Kharkiv region, deliberately trying to destroy the future harvest - reported the rescuers.

As a result of the shelling, there was a fire on the field. To the place of fire arrived fire and rescue unit of the State Emergency Service on tanker trucks, reinforced by a medical team.

The task of the firefighters was to localise the fire as soon as possible, which could have destroyed the entire field of 110 hectares.

Thanks to prompt actions of rescuers within half an hour they managed to localise the fire on the area of 2 hectares.

At 17:10 the work on liquidation of the fire was fully completed. There were 3 units of equipment and 9 people of the State Emergency Service.

Earlier Socialportal reported that in Kiev on Sunday, 30 June, the debris of a shot down Russian missile damaged an apartment building in Obolonsky district.