Ukrainian officials in the northeastern city of Kharkiv said nearly a dozen Russian drones struck civilian targets in or around the city overnight on November 2-3. It was one of the largest barrages in weeks.
Russian Drones Strike Kharkiv In Ukraine's Northeast
Emergency personnel work at the site of a Russian drone strike in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on November 2–3.
Ukrainian officials said nearly a dozen Russian drones had struck civilian targets in or around the city overnight.
A resident looks on as homes burn.
The latest wave of Russian air strikes on infrastructure comes as fears mount that Moscow is trying to cripple Ukraine's energy grid as temperatures plummet in winter.
The aerial attacks on Kharkiv by "at least 10 Russian drones" came shortly after midnight while residents were sleeping.
A local resident dressed in pajamas watches emergency personnel at work.
An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Andriy Yermak, said Ukraine's forces had shot down 24 Iranian-designed attack drones and a guided missile during the overnight attack.
Oleh Synyehubov, Kharkiv's governor, said eight people, including two children, required medical care due to acute stress.
The biggest drone attack in weeks not only struck Kharkiv but Odesa and Kherson in the south and the region of Lviv on Ukraine's border with Poland in the west.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said eight private houses, a three-story building, several cars, and a car repair shop were damaged during the attack on Kharkiv.