Kharkiv hit by strike: Child injured, office and business damaged
In Kharkiv, the aftermath of the drone attack was clarified (Illustrative photo: Getty Images)
In Kharkiv, as a result of the enemy air attack on the night of May 24, three people have already been reported injured, including a child. Damage to a business and an office building was recorded due to the shelling, reports Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
According to the mayor, the windows of several apartment buildings were damaged.
"One child was injured by glass shards and is receiving medical treatment," he said.
The mayor of Kharkiv also reported a fire at the site of one of the strikes.
He said that in the Shevchenkivskyi district, an office building was hit during the enemy attack, but fortunately, there was no fire there.
Later, he reiterated that the office building in the Shevchenkivskyi district was damaged due to the shelling.
At 3 a.m. Kyiv time, the mayor updated that the number of injured people in the Shevchenkivskyi district had risen to three.
Combined attack on the night of May 25
As previously reported, on Saturday evening, the Air Forces announced that they had detected the launch of kamikaze drones by Russian troops towards Ukraine. Enemy strike UAVs entered Ukrainian airspace from the northern and southern directions. There were reports of air defense operations in the Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Additionally, amid the drone attack, explosions were heard in Odesa, and air defense systems were activated in the city.
A series of explosions also occurred in Kyiv due to a massive enemy drone strike attack. In the capital, a residential five-story building in the Holosiivskyi district was damaged by shelling, and a fire broke out.
Furthermore, a series of explosions was heard in Mykolaiv due to an enemy attack using kamikaze drones that night. In Kharkiv, there were also explosions caused by drone strikes, and a fire occurred in the city. Air defense activity was also reported in Chernihiv, near which explosions were heard.
Russian forces launched missiles from strategic aviation to strike Ukraine that night. Monitoring groups also reported launches of Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea area.
