Russia Double-Tap Strike in Kharkiv Kills Four Firefighters Responding to Initial Attack

A Russian double-tap strike overnight on June 15 killed four State Emergency Service rescuers and one city emergency services employee in Kharkiv's Kholodnohirskyi district, the follow-up missile hitting the same site as crews fought a blaze from the initial attack 12. Ukraine's Emergency Service identified the killed rescuers as Dmytro Boiko, Danylo Tishchenko, Serhii Makovetskyi, and Vadym Zinchenko from Kharkiv's 6th Fire and Rescue Unit; six others were wounded 12. Emergency Department Director Bohdan Hladkykh told Suspilne that the follow-up missile struck approximately 30 meters from rescuers who had exited the grounds of the civilian enterprise hit in the first wave 1. Interior Minister Klymenko confirmed the losses; the attack was part of a wider overnight assault involving 70 missiles and 611 drones across multiple cities 123.