Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.
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Russia launched a drone strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Dnipro regions overnight, wounding at least six people and hitting critical infrastructure, commercial and residential buildings, regional officials said on Saturday.
The Ukrainian Air Force said the Russian armed forces launched 13 Shahed drones targeting the northeastern and central regions of the country. The air defense units shot down all the drones, the air force commander said.
However, debris from the downed drones struck civilian targets in Kharkiv in the northeast, injuring four people and starting a fire in an office building, the regional governor said.
Oleh Synehubov said on the messaging app Telegram that a 13-year-old child and a woman were being treated at the hospital. Two other women were treated at the scene. Emergency services brought the fire under control, he added.
Two people were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk industrial region, said Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor. He said a critical infrastructure facility and three houses were damaged.