Three killed in Kharkiv in latest Russian drone attacks on Ukraine

By&nbspEuronews

Published connected 11/06/2025 - 9:56 GMT+2•Updated 13:22

At slightest 3 group were killed and 60 wounded successful Kharkiv aft Russian forces launched a large-scale drone onslaught crossed Ukraine overnight Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said.

“Seventeen strikes by force UAVs were carried retired wrong conscionable 10 minutes successful 2 districts of nan metropolis this night,” Kharkiv's Mayor Igor Terekhov said.

More than 15 apartments were connected occurrence successful a five-storey building and respective houses were hit. “There whitethorn beryllium group trapped nether nan rubble," Terekhov added.

The strikes caused wide demolition successful nan Slobidskyi and Osnovianskyi districts of Kharkiv, hitting flat buildings, backstage homes, playgrounds, business sites and nationalist transport.

“Those are mean sites of serene life — those that should ne'er beryllium targeted,” Terekhov wrote connected Telegram, arsenic Kharkiv location caput Oleh Syniehubov said that 9 children aged betwixt 2 and 15 were among nan injured.

Emergency crews, municipal workers and volunteers worked done nan nighttime to extinguish fires, rescue residents from burning homes, and reconstruct gas, energy and h2o services to nan area.

Images from nan segment published by Ukraine’s Emergency Service connected Telegram showed burning apartments, shattered windows and firefighters battling nan blaze.

Ukraine's Air Forces said Russia attacked Ukraine overnight connected Wednesday pinch 85 Shahed-type drones and decoy UAVs, which targeted nan northeastern metropolis and different areas.

Air defence systems managed to neutralise 49 drones, intercepting 40 and jamming 9 much pinch physics warfare.

Separately, nan decease toll from a activity of Russian strikes Tuesday greeting connected Kyiv and Odesa roseate to astatine slightest 3 and different 13 wounded aft Moscow attacked nan areas pinch drones and missiles.

A maternity ward and residential buildings were among civilian targets hit, according to Odesa's location caput Oleh Kiper.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced vexation astir nan deficiency of consequence from nan US and different countries complete nan caller escalation of Russian attacks, including a grounds 419 Russian drones which were launched astatine Ukraine connected Monday night.

"Russian rocket and Shahed strikes drown retired nan efforts of nan United States and others astir nan world to unit Russia into peace," nan Ukrainian leader posted connected X connected Tuesday morning.

For yet different night, alternatively of a ceasefire, location were monolithic strikes pinch Shahed drones, cruise and ballistic missiles."

Zelenskyy said 250 of nan drones were Shaheds, and 2 of nan 7 missiles were of “North Korean production”.