Russian missile strike on Kharkiv region injures two civilians

Aug 11, 2026

On August 11, 2026, Russian forces launched separate strikes in the Kharkiv region, injuring multiple civilians. An attack using Banderol munitions near a market in Shevchenkove injured a man and a woman and damaged local buildings. Meanwhile, a missile strike on a civilian enterprise in the Pisochyn community injured two men, leaving one in serious condition, and caused another to suffer an acute stress reaction. These attacks follow a strike on August 10 that injured 11 people across 17 settlements in the region.

Shevchenkove market strike

▪The Russian strike near the Shevchenkove market on August 11, 2026, utilized "Banderol" munitions and damaged a shopping complex, adjacent buildings, and residential homes.
▪Russian forces launched an attack near a local market in the settlement of Shevchenkove, Kupiansk District, Kharkiv Oblast, at 9:30 a.m. on August 11, 2026.

Pisochna community missile strike

▪Russian forces launched a missile strike on the Pisochyn community, also referred to as Pisochna, on the outskirts of Kharkiv on August 11, 2026.
▪The Russian missile strike on the Pisochyn community on August 11, 2026, targeted and hit the premises of a civilian enterprise.

Civilian casualties

▪The Russian strike near the Shevchenkove market on August 11, 2026, injured a man born in 1950 and a woman born in 1960.
▪The Russian missile strike on the Pisochyn community on August 11, 2026, injured two men who sustained blast injuries, with one of them in serious condition.

Medical response

▪Doctors provided medical care to the two men injured in the Pisochyn community strike on August 11, 2026, including the individual in serious condition.
▪A man who suffered an acute stress reaction during the Pisochyn community strike on August 11, 2026, was provided with medical assistance on the spot.

Kharkiv region security threats

▪The Shevchenkove community faces ongoing security threats from potential unmanned aerial vehicle strikes, guided aerial bombs, and the remote mining of roads connecting local settlements.
▪Russian attacks on August 10, 2026, targeted Kharkiv and 16 other settlements in the Kharkiv region, injuring 11 people.
▪A previous Russian shelling of the Shevchenkove community on August 6, 2026, wounded a 49-year-old man.