Russian drone strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city in the northeast, injured three people and damaged 25 private houses and one apartment building in the city’s Novobavarskyi district, local officials said. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on his Telegram channel that the casualties and damage were caused by two waves of Russian strikes on the district.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. According to Terekhov, rescuers pulled two people from one house, while another person may be trapped under the rubble. Search-and-rescue operations are underway. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said in a Telegram update that a 47-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman were injured in a Russian UAV strike on the Novobavarskyi district. The man was wounded by shattered glass, while the woman suffered an acute stress reaction. Overnight, Russian forces also struck a civilian infrastructure facility in the Novobavarskyi district, causing a fire at the impact site. Emergency crews from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service were working urgently to deal with the aftermath. The attacks followed another Russian drone strike on Kharkiv overnight on Sunday, when residential areas were hit and private homes were damaged. The repeated strikes highlight continued Russian aerial pressure on Kharkiv. On Sunday, Terekhov thanked Ukraine’s Defense Forces and air defense units, saying they had destroyed a significant number of aerial targets launched at the city and helped save lives and homes.