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Russian drone hits residential high-rise in Kharkiv: two injured

Russian drone hits residential high-rise in Kharkiv

A Russian drone hit a residential high-rise building in Kharkiv’s Shevchenkivskyi district, leaving casualties.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported this, Censor.NET informs.

"A hit on the ninth floor of a high-rise building... There is information about casualties. Their number and condition are being clarified," Terekhov wrote on his Telegram channel.

Updated information

Later, Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, wrote in a Telegram post that the shahed attack took place in the Shevchenkivskyi district.

As a result of the enemy strike on a residential high-rise building, two women, aged 68 and 89, suffered acute stress reactions.

The building’s exterior wall and floor slabs were destroyed, and the window panes were damaged. All emergency services are working at the site of the strike.

Syniehubov also reported an attack by Russian drones on Chuhuiv. There, an enemy drone struck the 5th floor of a multi-apartment residential building.

As a result of the enemy strike, apartments on the 4th and 5th floors caught fire. Information about casualties and damage is currently being verified.

All emergency services are on the scene.

Russian drone attack

On the evening of Wednesday, 1 April, Russian occupiers continued attacking Ukraine with strike drones. At 7:25 p.m., the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported enemy UAVs moving toward Kharkiv.

  • Earlier, we reported that Russian occupiers had struck one of the districts of the Cherkasy region with a drone, killing four people.