KYIV: Russian strikes hit high-rise condo blocks in Ukraine’s metropolis of Kharkiv, leaving dozens wounded in a second consecutive nighttime assault this previous week.
The bombs fell Saturday night time on the district of Shevchenkivsky, north of the middle of Kharkiv, the second largest metropolis, native Gov. Oleh Syniehubov mentioned. 9 residential buildings sustained various levels of injury, together with 16- and nine-story blocks, he added.
Twenty-one individuals had been wounded, together with an 8-year-old, in response to Syniehubov and Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
The assault got here after one other late Friday that wounded 15 individuals, together with a 10- and 12-year-old, as Russian airstrikes hit three Kharkiv neighborhoods, Terekhov mentioned.
In line with Ukrainian officers, KAB-type aerial glide bombs had been utilized in each assaults, a retrofitted Soviet weapon that has for months laid waste to jap Ukraine.
Russia additionally launched 80 Shahed drones and two missiles at Ukraine in a single day into Sunday, the Ukrainian air pressure mentioned. Ukrainian air protection shot down 71 drones, and one other six had been misplaced on location resulting from digital warfare countermeasures, the assertion mentioned.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The bombs fell Saturday night time on the district of Shevchenkivsky, north of the middle of Kharkiv, the second largest metropolis, native Gov. Oleh Syniehubov mentioned. 9 residential buildings sustained various levels of injury, together with 16- and nine-story blocks, he added.
Twenty-one individuals had been wounded, together with an 8-year-old, in response to Syniehubov and Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
The assault got here after one other late Friday that wounded 15 individuals, together with a 10- and 12-year-old, as Russian airstrikes hit three Kharkiv neighborhoods, Terekhov mentioned.
In line with Ukrainian officers, KAB-type aerial glide bombs had been utilized in each assaults, a retrofitted Soviet weapon that has for months laid waste to jap Ukraine.
Russia additionally launched 80 Shahed drones and two missiles at Ukraine in a single day into Sunday, the Ukrainian air pressure mentioned. Ukrainian air protection shot down 71 drones, and one other six had been misplaced on location resulting from digital warfare countermeasures, the assertion mentioned.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
