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Six people were killed and at least ten wounded in Russian drone strikes on Ukraine's second city Kharkiv between Friday and Saturday, rescue services and the city's mayor said. “Six dead and ten injured in overnight attack in Shevchenkivskyi district”A district located in the north of the city of Kharkiv, Mayor Igor Derekov said in a message on Telegram on Saturday.
According to the latter, the attack was carried out by Iranian-made drones, damaging at least nine residential buildings and a gas station.
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Among the injured were A “A 23-year-old boy (…) is the youngest victim”, “One 25-year-old woman and another 71-year-old”as well as “Six men aged 35 to 85”Governor of the region Oleg Sinekupov said in a telegram.
In an earlier report, Oleg Synegoubov indicated that two men were killed in the Shevchenkivsky district.
Fires also broke out in several populated areas of the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, according to photos posted by police on Telegram.
Another attack targeted a village west of Kharkiv overnight from Friday to Saturday, but there were no casualties, police said.
The deadly attack on Kharkiv came after the Ukrainian Air Force reported the presence of several Russian drones across the country.
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