Six people have died and 10 others wounded when an overnight Russian drone attacked Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv.
According to the AFP, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said in a Telegram post that “six people were killed t least 10 injured as a result of an enemy strike”.
Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov gave the same death toll and number of injured in a Telegram post, adding the attack had targeted Shevchenkivskyi, a northern area of the city.
Terekhov, according to an AFP report, said Iranian-made drones had carried out the attack, hitting at least nine high-rise buildings, three dormitories and a petrol station.
Oleg Synegubov, the region’s governor, said earlier two men were killed in Shevchenkivskyi.
Police confirmed the deaths and said a further eight people were hospitalised “with blast injuries and shrapnel wounds”.
“Among the wounded are two women aged 25 and 52, and six men aged 23 to 76,” police said.
