KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops launched waves of Shahed drones towards the Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv in a single day, killing 4 individuals and wounding 12, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov stated Thursday.
Russia attacked Ukraine's second-largest metropolis with at the very least 15 drones, a few of which had been shot down by air defenses.
Three rescuers had been killed when Russia hit a multistory constructing broken in an earlier strike. Six individuals had been injured at that location. One other 14-story constructing was hit by a drone, killing a 69-year-old lady.
Kharkiv has develop into a frequent goal for Russian troops in current weeks. The japanese metropolis is near the border with Russia and has been hit with ballistic missiles and drones.
A current huge missile assault geared toward considerably damaging Ukraine's vitality infrastructure has plunged most of Kharkiv into darkness, and the state of affairs continues to be stabilizing.
“Each manifestation of Russian terror proves as soon as once more that the terrorist nation deserves just one factor – a court docket,” Ukraine's human rights chief Dmytro Lubinets posted on Telegram in response to the assault .