Russian army strikes high-rise building in Kharkiv with Molniya drone: Child injured
Illustrative photo: Russian forces struck Kharkiv with a drone (Getty Images)
Today, on 2 April, the Russian army attacked Kharkiv with a strike drone. It hit a multi-storey building, according to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov on Telegram.
According to Terekhov, the Molniya (lightning) drone struck a high-rise building in the Kyivskyi district of Kharkiv. It hit the eighth floor, causing windows to shatter.
"There is preliminary information about two victims who were in the apartment where the drone struck," the mayor emphasized.
He clarified that the victims sustained shrapnel wounds. Additionally, six cars were damaged in the yard of the building due to the strike. Municipal services and volunteers are working at the scene of the attack.
"One of the victims is a 10-year-old child," Terekhov said.
Updated at 04:50 PM Kyiv time
Terekhov clarified that as of now, there are reports of four victims.
Updated 05:39 PM Kyiv time
According to the mayor, three high-rise buildings in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv were damaged. 122 windows were shattered.
At the same time, the number of injured increased to five. Utilities are repairing the damage.
Molniya drone
It is worth noting that Russian forces only started using Molniya drones for strikes on Ukraine since last year.
As explained in a comment to the RBC-Ukraine YouTube channel by aviation expert Valerii Romanenko, it is a very primitive FPV drone of aircraft type. Its total cost is about 300 dollars.
This drone has a warhead weighing between 1 and 3 kilograms and is incapable of penetrating a building’s wall.
