A Russian drone strike late Sunday night hit a multi-story apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, igniting a fire and injuring eight people, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
Kharkiv, which successfully resisted Russian forces during the initial phase of the February 2022 invasion, remains a frequent target of aerial assaults.
Just days earlier, on Friday, a series of drone strikes damaged a medical center in the city.
In a Telegram post, Mayor Terekhov reported that the blaze from Sunday’s strike had spread across multiple apartments on the building’s top floor.
While several people sustained injuries, none required hospitalization. Additionally, three other residential buildings suffered damage, with more than 100 windows shattered.
Emergency response teams were deployed to the scene, working to manage the aftermath of the attack, the mayor confirmed.
