UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Apr 2 — Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with a Molniya drone — the strike hit a high-rise residential building in Kyivskyi district, injuring five people, including a 10-year-old. 

Kharkiv is a city in the northeast of Ukraine, 20 miles from the Russian border. Russia targets it frequently with attacks from across the border and from occupied territories with glide bombs, drones, and other weaponry. 

This Russian drone attack damaged three high-rise residential buildings and blew out 69 windows and 43 glass panes. 

Last night, Russia also launched at least 15 drones at the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv, injuring nine people, including three children: a nine-month-old and 7-year-old boy and a girl aged 16. All injured got acute stress responses in the aftermath of the attack. 

Commenting on the overnight attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, “There’s no need to wait (longer) when on Apr 11, it’ll be a month since Russian “no” to American proposition of ceasefire. It’s necessary to act as fast as possible.” He added that Ukraine is ready to work with allies in the USA, Europe, and the world to achieve dignified, lasting peace.

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