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Russian kamikaze drones struck a residential area in Kharkiv on Monday night, destroying a five-story apartment building, according to Oleg Sinegubov, Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.
According to him, the strike was carried out by four Geranium-2 drones. Fires broke out on the first, third, and fifth floors of the residential building, and the floors collapsed. People remain trapped under the rubble.
"At this time, three people are known to have died, including a two-year-old boy, whom rescuers pulled from the rubble. Another 17 people suffered injuries of varying severity, six of them children. The victims have been hospitalized," Sinegubov noted.
According to Mayor Igor Terekhov, the fire struck the Industrial District. Fire broke out in two building entrances: in one, the second through fourth floors were ablaze, and in the other, the top floor. Subsequently, the building partially collapsed. According to the mayor, two people were rescued from the rubble alive.
In total, six residential buildings and 15 cars were damaged.
The day before, Russian drones also attacked the Sumy region: residential buildings were destroyed and an educational institution was damaged.
