Three people were killed in the overnight Russian drone attack on the town of Balakliia in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region on August 6.

Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.

Russian drones struck a residential area of the town overnight, setting two private homes on fire and damaging neighboring properties.

Emergency crews extinguished both fires, while all emergency services worked at the scene.

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