Russia unleashed 17 drones on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv, killing three people and wounding 60 others – among them seven children – as part of a broader wave of intensified strikes across Ukraine.
Kharkiv, just 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Russian border, bore the brunt of Russia’s latest aerial onslaught.
The attack ignited fires in 15 apartments of a five-story residential block, reduced playgrounds and public transport to wreckage, and turned cars into charred skeletons.
Emergency workers pulled bodies from rubble, while medics rushed injured residents – including a 2-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy – to hospitals.
"There are direct hits on multi-storey buildings, private homes, playgrounds, enterprises and public transport," Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. "Apartments are burning, roofs are destroyed, cars are burnt, windows are broken."
