Russian drone attack kills six in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
By : AFP
Date:
6 April 2024 8:55am WAT
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This handout photograph taken and released by National Police of Ukraine on April 5, 2024, shows a damaged building following a missile attack in Zaporizhzhia, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - A Russian strike in Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least three people and wounded another 13, the regional governor said on April 5, 2024. (Photo by Handout / National Police of Ukraine / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NATIONAL POLICE OF UKRAINE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / National Police of Ukraine" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
This handout photograph taken and released by National Police of Ukraine on April 5, 2024, shows a damaged building following a missile attack in Zaporizhzhia, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - A Russian strike in Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least three people and wounded another 13, the regional governor said on April 5, 2024. (Photo by Handout / National Police of Ukraine / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NATIONAL POLICE OF UKRAINE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / National Police of Ukraine" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
This handout photograph taken and released by National Police of Ukraine on April 5, 2024, shows a damaged building following a missile attack in Zaporizhzhia, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – A Russian strike in Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least three people and wounded another 13, the regional governor said on April 5, 2024. (Photo by Handout / National Police of Ukraine / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / NATIONAL POLICE OF UKRAINE” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / National Police of Ukraine” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /
An overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv killed six people and wounded 10 others, national emergency services and the city’s mayor said Saturday.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said in a Telegram post that “six people were killed and at least 10 injured as a result of an enemy strike”.
Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov gave the same death toll and number of injured in a Telegram post, adding the attack had targeted Shevchenkivskyi, a northern area of the city.
Terekhov said Iranian-made drones had carried out the attack, hitting at least nine high-rise buildings, three dormitories and a petrol station.
Oleg Synegubov, the region’s governor, said earlier two men were killed in Shevchenkivskyi.
Police confirmed the deaths and said a further eight people were hospitalised “with blast injuries and shrapnel wounds”.