Four Dead, Dozens Injured in Russia Drone Strikes on Kharkiv

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Kyiv, Ukraine: Russian drone strikes killed at least four people and injured more than 30 others in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, authorities said Friday.

Russia and Ukraine have stepped up aerial attacks even as US President Donald Trump urges both sides to agree to a ceasefire after more than three years of devastating conflict.

The attack late Thursday targeted residential and office buildings in Kharkiv, igniting multiple fires, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service via Telegram.

“Russian drones attacked one of the districts of Kharkiv. As a result of strikes on residential buildings and an administrative building, four fires broke out,” the emergency service said.

Kharkiv’s mayor, Igor Terekhov, said on Telegram that by Friday morning, “unfortunately, there are already four dead,” with the fourth body “unearthed from under the rubble” in addition to three earlier fatalities.

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service and Oleg Synegubov, governor of the wider Kharkiv region, reported that 35 people were wounded in the attack, though Terekhov placed the figure at 32.

Six additional people were injured in the Ukrainian regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kyiv, according to local officials, who blamed Moscow for the strikes.

Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Sergiy Lysak said on Telegram that 13 drones had been “destroyed” in the region.

“Due to the massive drone attack, there is damage in Dnipro and its suburbs,” he added.