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On Sunday morning, Russian forces launched a series of strikes on Kharkiv using drones and ballistic missiles. Local authorities said the attacks caused destruction and civilian casualties.
As the city mayor Igor Terekhov reported, the strikes were initially carried out on the Kholodnogorsk district using unmanned aerial vehicles. As a result of the UAV hit, a fire broke out, the building of a civilian enterprise, several private houses and cars were damaged.
Later, according to Terekhov, Russian troops attacked the city with ballistic missiles. Two of them hit the Kievsky district. "One missile landed near a multi-story building, the other hit the road just a few dozen meters from the school," the mayor said. According to preliminary information, windows were knocked out in multi-story buildings, the facades of buildings were damaged, there were no casualties in this episode.
However, in the Kholodnogorsk district, where the strikes occurred earlier, the number of casualties increased. Initially, three people were reported injured, but later the number of casualties reached six. Among them was a seven-year-old child.
The Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Sinegubov, confirmed this information, specifying that the condition of the victims is being clarified, and that they all received the necessary medical care.
Against the backdrop of these events, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the country must be prepared for new massive attacks. He recalled that as a result of a recent drone attack on Russian airfields, more than 40 units of Russian aircraft, including strategic missile carriers, were damaged. Zelensky stressed that in recent weeks, Russia has been increasing the number of kamikaze drones attacking Ukraine. Last night alone, Ukrainian air defense recorded almost 500 UAVs.
