Ukraine-Russia war latest: Two killed after Putin’s forces launch massive drone strike on Kharkiv
At least two people were killed and 54 injured in a massive Russian drone attack on Kharkiv overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.
According to Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov, “seventeen strikes by enemy UAVs were carried out in two districts of the city this night”.
A five-storey building caught fire, with over 15 apartments burning, and several houses were struck as well.
Mr Terekhov warned that people could still be trapped under the rubble.
Separately, Russian forces launched a devastating five-hour drone assault on Kyiv on Tuesday in one of the largest attacks of the war on the capital so far.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow’s forces fired over 315 drones at Ukraine overnight, killing seven people.
“Every night, instead of a ceasefire, there have been massive strikes with Shaheds, cruise missiles and ballistics. Today was one of the largest strikes on Kyiv. Odesa, the Dnipro region and Chernihiv region were also targeted,” he said.
The attacks came a day after Moscow launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine in the largest overnight bombardment of the war.
Kyiv had been anticipating a strong Russian response to its Operation Spiderweb, which targeted Russian airbases on 1 June.
