UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Mar 27 — On the evening of March 26, from 8:40 p.m. to 9:20 p.m., Russia launched a mass drone attack on Kharkiv (10-16 Shahed drones, according to different estimations by local officials—locals heard at least 15 explosions), hitting two districts of the city and injuring at least 13 people, including two children, boys aged 6 and 15, and a girl aged 12. The number of injured was reported by Oleh Syniehubov, the governor of Kharkiv Oblast.
Our journalists have been to the impact site in the Kyivskyi district of the city to document the consequences of the Russian attack.
Located to the northeast of Ukraine, Kharkiv and the surrounding region often come under Russian attacks from over the border and from Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.
In Kharkiv, one of the Russian drones hit the warehouse building, causing a fire that spread over 2,500 square meters, injuring four people. Another Shahed hit near a vegetable warehouse, also setting it on fire.
The Russian attacks on the city also damaged four houses and two cars, residential buildings, and a manufacturing enterprise—and destroyed a boiling room in one of the districts.
Overall, Russian overnight attacks on the Kharkiv region, including Kharkiv, injured at least 23 people. Shahed strike on Zolochiv injured eight people, including a child. An FPV drone strike on Borova injured a 42-year-old man; an attack from multiple rocket launchers at the same settlement injured a 54-year-old woman.
On the same night, Russia attacked Dnipro with Shahed drones as well, setting fires to the impact site, injuring three people, civil enterprises, educational and cultural facilities, over 10 high-rise residential buildings, and cars.
The attacks come as the ceasefire talks, facilitated by America, continue. On Mar 24, Ukraine and Russia agreed to ceasefire at sea (which Russia then took back, saying US has to lift sanctions for Russia to accept a ceasefire) and come up with a list of energy facilities, on which the strikes for both countries are forbidden (Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy said Ukraine and Russia’s lists of energy facilities banned from attacks discussed with Washington differ).
Photo credit: Emergency workers put out fire in the aftermath of Russian drone strike on Kharkiv on March 26 / Liubov Yemets, Gwara Media
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