Russian attack on Kharkiv, Ukrainian drones repelled – the fighting during the night
The mayor of the Ukrainian city CharkiwIgor Terekhov, reports three attacks on the city by Russian forces. According to the mayor, 15 people were injured, including three children. Eight people had to be taken to hospital. According to Kharkiv police, quoted by public broadcaster Suspilne, the attacks hit three parts of the city. One hit, caused by a guided bomb, hit an area in front of a hospital. A second hit an area with private houses and the third hit an open area. Further southeast in the Kharkiv region, in the village of Kivsharivka, two people were killed and two injured in a Russian attack, regional police said.
The industrial city Hide Rihwhere President Selenskyj was born, is repeatedly the target of Russian attacks. According to local authorities, at least three people were killed and three others injured. Among the dead was a twelve-year-old boy, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhij Lyssak, said on Telegram. The attack with Iskander-M-Rockets and guided missiles were fired in the middle of the night. Lyssak published several pictures of houses lying in ruins. They said they were looking for people buried.
Several regions in Ukraine reported air raid warnings again during the night due to Russian attacks. Ukrainian air defense reported 25 attacks in total. Five missiles and eleven drones were intercepted.
Ukraine also attacked Russia again during the night. According to the Ministry of Defense, Russia’s air defenses shot down more than 100 drones in various regions of the country. In the border area Krasnodar The authorities said that debris from a downed drone had started a fire and a village had to be evacuated due to the risk of explosion. No details were available at first. According to the local governor, at least 1,200 people were brought from the Tichoretsk district in the southwest of the Russian Krasnodar region. 18 drones were intercepted in the Krasnodar area. Emergency accommodation had previously been set up for the people who had to leave their homes.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the air defense fired in the area alone Brjansk 53 drones, a total of 101 in the various regions.