Russian drones hit high-rise apartment blocks and private homes in Kharkiv on Thursday, killing at least four people in Ukraine’s second-largest city, officials said.
Kharkiv Regional Governor Oleh Synehubov put the death toll at four, including three rescue workers in a repeat strike at the site of one attack, he also said that 12 people were injured, with three in serious condition.
Russia used at least 15 drones in the Kharkiv attacks, Synehubov wrote.
Ukraine’s military shot down 11 Shahed drones out of 20 launched at the country overnight, the General Staff said.
Residential buildings, stores, a medical facility and cars were damaged in the attack, the Kharkiv prosecutor’s office said on Telegram.
Drones also hit the Zmiivska thermal power plant in the region, the governor said, keeping up pressure on an energy system that has come under repeated attack from Russian air strikes in recent weeks.
