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On Friday night, the Russian Armed Forces launched drone strikes on a number of Ukrainian cities. According to local authorities, the attacks left at least five people injured and damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
The greatest damage was inflicted on Kharkov, which, according to the city's mayor Igor Terekhov, was hit by drones for the second time that night. "As a result of five strikes in four districts of the city, three people were injured, and about 50 cars in the courtyard of a multi-story building were damaged," he said.
The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration (OVA) Oleg Sinegubov reported that among the wounded were girls aged 12 and 17. According to updated information, eight attack drones were sent to the Shevchenkivskyi district of the city.
A similar situation developed in Odessa. The head of the Odessa OVA, Oleg Kiper, noted that a massive attack led to a fire in a multi-story residential building in the city center. As a result, two people were injured. The strike also damaged civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, a building of a higher educational institution, a gas pipeline, and several private cars.
In Sumy, according to information from the head of the Sumy OVA Oleg Grigorov, a fire broke out in a residential area in the Kovpakovsky district as a result of the attack. "The fire was quickly extinguished, there were no casualties," his statement reads.
Attacks by Russian troops on Ukrainian cities using drones and missile systems have been taking place almost daily since the start of the full-scale military conflict, which has been going on for almost three and a half years. Despite statements by official representatives of the Russian Federation about targeted strikes on military facilities, in practice, as Ukrainian authorities and international observers point out, it is mainly civilian infrastructure that suffers.
