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Drone strike on Ukrainian city Kharkiv injures ten, including infant and two boys

Drone strike on Ukrainian city Kharkiv injures ten, including infant and two boys Russians attacked Kharkiv with a drone (Illustrative photo: facebook.com/DSNSCV)

Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with a Molniya strike drone. Among the injured are three children, according to the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, and the Kharkiv Regional Police.

"Ten people were injured, including three children: a five-month-old infant, and two boys aged 9 and 10," he stated.

Syniehubov clarified that five of the injured were hospitalized, while five others received medical assistance at the scene.

According to him, the Molniya drone struck a tree. The glass of a multi-story residential building was damaged.

The police, in turn, specified that several vehicles were also damaged. Officers are currently documenting the aftermath of the enemy's strike and collecting physical evidence.

Attack on Kharkiv

Information about the Russian strike on Kharkiv surfaced around 20:47. Mayor Ihor Terekhov stated that the impact occurred near a residential high-rise.

The number of injured gradually increased — initially, only one wounded child had been reported.

Terekhov also noted that two residential buildings were damaged as a result of the attack.