At least 25 people were injured overnight from Thursday to Friday in a Russian strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, in the northeast of the country, the mayor announced.
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“A 12-story apartment was hit by a guided bomb attack. A section of the first and third floors was partially destroyed. Buildings were destroyed in the surrounding area,” said Igor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv on his Telegram account. “The number of injured continues to increase. Now there are 25,” he later clarified.
The mayor previously reported “people stuck on the third floor of the apartment building”, specifying that rescue operations were underway.
A drone attack also targeted the port city of Odessa, in the south of the country, and its suburbs overnight, causing at least two injuries, announced Oleg Kiper, the governor of the region.
Use of missiles
“In Kharkiv the Russians intentionally hit a block of apartments. The Russians are also attacking kyiv with missiles,” declared Andriï Iermak, President Zelensky’s chief of staff, on the same social network.
The military administration of the city of kyiv clarified that air defense had come into action in the capital, on its Telegram account.
The day before, during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the military authorities in kyiv had described a “massive” attack by around thirty Russian drones, which left two people injured.
The Ukrainian capital has been targeted by drone attacks almost daily since the beginning of November and 20 days in October, according to press releases from the military administration.
For months, Ukrainian authorities have been asking their Western allies to provide them with more air defense systems to repel Russian attacks.
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