Russia drops a missile on an ecopark near Kharkiv: birds are killed, a volunteer is injured – photos

On Thursday, January 1, Russians attacked an ecopark in the suburbs of Kharkiv with a guided aerial bomb. About reported head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Sinegubov.

He said that the enemy's UAV hit the ground on the territory of an ecopark in the suburbs. A 40-year-old woman was injured. She was hospitalized with an explosive injury.

Founder of the institution and MP Oleksandr Feldman in a commentary to Suspilne said about the consequences of the attack. He said that a volunteer was injured in the Russian attack.

In addition, winter quarters for predators and birds, as well as buildings for small animals, were destroyed. Lions were injured as a result of the strike. He added that the Ecopark does not yet understand what happened to the tigers.

"One [tiger] ran into a three-story building, another one is sitting in a half-open enclosure. He hid in a hut. He is still sitting there. We are waiting for a sedative gun. We had all the sedatives in the room that was hit by the CAB. We are waiting for the gun to move it to another cage. Most of the birds are dead, if not all of them," he said.

According to Feldman, an aircraft shell hit the poultry house. All the parrots, pheasants, all the elite birds that need warm conditions were in this building.

Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office clarified reported that the Russians attacked the ecopark in the village of Lisne at about 11:20. They confirmed the death of birds and damage to the premises.

The prosecutor's office also clarified the age of the injured volunteer. She is 44 years old.

• This is not the first Russian attack on Feldman Ecopark. On the night of March 3, 2025 killed by shelling two goats, one of which was waiting to be replenished. Five other animals were injured.