Russia Hits Izium With Guided Bombs, Injuring Four Women and Damaging Homes

Russian forces struck the city of Izium in Ukraine's Kharkiv region with guided aerial bombs on the afternoon of August 13, wounding four civilian women.

Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, reported the attack on Telegram.

"The occupiers struck Izium," Syniehubov stated. "Two women, aged 68 and 66, suffered blast injuries. They were hospitalized, and medics are providing all necessary assistance. Two more women, aged 45 and 79, experienced acute stress reactions and received medical assistance at the scene."

At the point of impact, a private house, an outbuilding, and a car caught fire, Syniehubov noted. At least three private houses were damaged, and emergency services worked to address the aftermath.

Guided aerial bombs, known as KABs, are Soviet-era unguided munitions retrofitted with satellite navigation kits and fold-out wings that convert them into precision glide weapons.

Aircraft release them from dozens of kilometers away, keeping the launch platform out of range of many Ukrainian air defenses. Their warheads range from 250 kilograms to more than a ton, inflicting wide blast and fragmentation damage when they land in populated areas.

Guided aerial bombs have repeatedly hit civilian areas across the Kharkiv region in recent months. A KAB that struck a residential part of Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi district in early July killed a 54-year-old man and wounded at least 21 people, including children.

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