Shafaq News/ A Russian drone attackon Kharkiv overnight resulted in over 50 casualties, as Ukraine’s militaryrepelled one of the largest coordinated aerial assaults in weeks.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reportedthat the nine-minute attack early Tuesday, involving 17 drones, killed at leasttwo people and wounded 54 others—including five children.
“There are direct hits onmulti-storey buildings, private homes, playgrounds, enterprises, and publictransport,” Terekhov wrote on Telegram. “Apartments are burning, roofs aredestroyed, cars are burnt, windows are broken.”
The General Staff of the ArmedForces of Ukraine later confirmed that Tuesday’s attacks were part of a wave of220 combat engagements in 24 hours, with Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Odesa regionsbearing the brunt. Ukrainian forces reported that 1,120 Russian casualtiesoccurred, and dozens of assets were destroyed or damaged, including tanks,armored vehicles, artillery systems, drones, and missiles.
The attack came after Russia's twolargest assaults on Ukraine this week, part of intensified bombardments thatMoscow claimed were retaliatory for Kyiv's recent strikes in Russia.
Both sides deny targeting civiliansin the conflict, which Russia began in February 2022. However, thousands ofcivilians have been killed, the majority of them Ukrainian.
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