Seven people including three children were killed. A Russian A drone attack was carried out on a gas station in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday, regional authorities said.
The victims included two children aged seven and four, as well as a six-month-old baby, Kharkiv Region Governor Oleg Sinigubov said on the messaging app Telegram.
Iranian-made “Shaheed” drones targeted civilian infrastructure in the city’s Nemeshlian district, setting off a massive fire that burned 15 private homes. Kharkiv It is from Ukraine. It is the second largest city and is located in the northeast of the country.
Seven people, including three children, were killed in a Russian drone attack on a gas station in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday, regional officials said. (Viacheslav Mavrychev/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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“Unfortunately, the death toll from the occupiers in Russian’ attacks on Kharkiv has risen to seven,” Synegubov wrote. “Occupiers target Kharkiv with ‘martyr’ kamikaze drone.”
Senigobov said the bodies of five people, including three children, were found in a private house. “The adults were the children’s parents,” Sen. Hoboff said.
According to reports, two more people – a couple aged 66 and 65 – died at another facility. “More than fifty people survived!” he wrote.
Houses A fire broke out According to the local prosecutor’s office in Kharkiv, three drones targeted a petrol station in Nemishlansky district.
Video from the scene shows heavy flames bursting through the buildings.
Seven people, including three children, were killed in a Russian drone attack on a gas station in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday, regional officials said. (Viacheslav Mavrychev/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Kharkiv regional prosecutor Oleksandr Flachkov said three drones targeted Kharkiv’s Nemshlyansky district.
“As a result, a building for important infrastructure was destroyed. There was a large amount of fuel, which is why the effects of the fire were so terrible,” Flachkov said in a video posted online.
Ukraine’s air force said its air defense system destroyed 23 of the 31 drones launched by Russia overnight. According to the Associated Press, the statement said the drones mainly targeted the northeastern Kharkiv region and the southern Odesa province.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education via video conference at the Kremlin on Thursday, Feb. 8, in Moscow, Russia. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool photo via AP)
Firefighters and rescuers worked through the night to deal with the aftermath of the strike, putting out fires and clearing debris, officials said.
Russia has previously said it does not deliberately target civilian areas.
Come as an attack Russian invasion And the ongoing conflict approaches its second anniversary.