Key facts
- Russian guided bombs struck an apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.
Russian guided bombs hit an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, killing at least one person and injuring nine. Separately, a Russian drone struck a civilian car in Kharkiv, killing one man. Russia also reported repelling a drone attack on an oil refinery in Western Siberia.
The attacks underscore the ongoing civilian toll of the Russia-Ukraine war, with residential areas targeted in Kharkiv. The drone attacks on infrastructure, including an oil refinery, highlight the continued strategic strikes by both sides.
Russian guided bombs struck an apartment block in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least one person and injuring nine, including a 6-year-old, authorities said. A body was pulled from the rubble hours after the attack, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram. He stated that bombs slammed into the low-rise block in Kharkiv’s Kholodnohirskiy district in the early hours of Saturday. The head of the regional administration, Oleh Syniehubov, reported that at least nine people were injured, with five hospitalized.
Elsewhere in Kharkiv, a Russian drone struck a civilian car on Friday evening, killing a man and injuring the woman driving, Syniehubov said. Moscow did not immediately acknowledge or comment on the attacks.
Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 92 of 99 Russian drones launched overnight, with seven striking targets in three locations. Meanwhile, Russian air defences repelled a drone attack on an oil refinery in Tyumen in Western Siberia, Governor Alexander Moor said Saturday. He noted there was no damage to the refinery and staff were evacuated.