Russian drones hit Kharkiv twice: large fire breaks out, four people injured, including child
Two strikes by the Russian Shahed attack drones were recorded in the city of Kharkiv on the night of 3-4 May. A total of four people were injured, including a child.
Source: Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv, on Telegram
Details: Terekhov said that both strikes hit civilian infrastructure facilities in the Osnovianskyi district of the city.
There is a large-scale fire at the scene of one of them.
Updated at 01:57: Terekhov clarified that the number of casualties has increased to three, including a child.
Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, reported at 02:10 that a civilian two-storey office building in the Osnovianskyi district of Kharkiv caught fire as a result of the falling debris of the downed Shahed drone.
A fourteen year-old and a woman were taken to hospital, and another 89-year-old woman was treated at the scene.
Firefighters are extinguishing fires in civilian infrastructure and trees at two more addresses.
Syniehubov added that the number of casualties had increased, following a report of a 52-year-old woman who was wounded.
Background:
- At midnight, the Russians launched a group of attack UAVs from Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. The drones were flying southwest.
- During the Russian drone attack, explosions rocked Kharkiv.
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