Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces strike Kharkiv with ‘most powerful’ attack since start of war
A series of overnight missile and drone strikes on Kharkiv killed at least three people and injured over a dozen, the city’s mayor said.
Ukraine’s second city was targeted by nearly 50 drones, two missiles and four guided bombs, mayor Ihor Terekho said on Saturday, adding that nearly two dozen people were injured.
“Kharkiv is currently experiencing the most powerful attack since the start of the full-scale war,” Mr Terekhov said on the Telegram app.
Rescue workers continued to look for people who might be trapped under rubble.
The strikes on Kharkiv came amid a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine involving 452 projectiles, including 407 drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said.
The attack targeted nearly 20 locations across the country, including Lviv, Ternopil, Kharkiv, and the capital Kyiv, damaging civilian and energy infrastructure.
This was reportedly the second-largest overnight aerial assault on Ukraine since the war began. The largest such Russian attack to date on 31 May involved 479 drones and missiles.
The latest attack came barely hours after US president Donald Trump warned that Vladimir Putin’s response to Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russian airbases “will not be pretty”.
Kyiv launched a series of drone strikes on Russian airbases last weekend, dubbed Operation Spiderweb, damaging or destroying several warplanes.
