KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone assault in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest metropolis, killed no less than seven individuals in a single day, together with three youngsters, Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov stated Saturday .
He stated the Iranian-made Shahed drone struck civilian infrastructure within the metropolis's Nemyshlyan district, inflicting an enormous fireplace that burned 15 non-public homes.
Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko stated greater than 50 individuals have been evacuated and emergency staff contained the fireplace on Saturday morning.
The Ukrainian air pressure stated air protection techniques destroyed 23 of the 31 Iranian Shahed drones launched by Russia in a single day. The drones primarily focused the northeastern Kharkiv area and the southern Odesa province, the assertion stated.
Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper stated 4 individuals have been injured there by drone assaults in a single day.
The assaults got here in three waves, he stated. The primary targets the regional capital – the port metropolis of Odesa. All 9 drones have been shot down, however the particles broken port infrastructure and injured one particular person.
Kiper stated the second and third waves focused port infrastructure within the Danube River space. A complete of 12 drones have been shot down and three individuals injured.
Romania's Ministry of Nationwide Protection stated on Saturday that Russia carried out drone strikes at night time within the Ukrainian river ports of Ismail and Reni, close to the border with Romania.
The ministry stated a Turkish Air Power F-16 jet was deployed from a Romanian air base round 1:15 a.m. to hold out “reconnaissance missions” within the nationwide airspace to observe the state of affairs. Textual content alerts have been additionally issued to residents in two counties adjoining to the assaults.
NATO member Romania has found drone particles on its territory a number of instances earlier than, following sustained assaults on Ukraine's port infrastructure as Moscow tried to disrupt Kyiv's means to export grain and different merchandise to world markets.
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Related Press writers Stephen McGrath in Sighisoara, Romania, and Dasha Litvinova in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed.
