Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, 7 people killed

A Russian drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killed at least seven people overnight, including three children, Kharkiv region governor Oleh Sinyhubov said Saturday. He said the Iran-made Shaheed drone attacked civilian infrastructure in the city’s Nemishlian district, causing a massive fire and burning 15 private houses. Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko said more than 50 people had been evacuated and emergency workers had brought the fire under control by Saturday morning. The Ukrainian Air Force said air defense systems destroyed 23 of the 31 Iranian Shaheed drones launched by Russia overnight. The statement said the drones mainly targeted the northeastern Kharkiv region and the southern province of Odessa.

Odessa regional governor Oleh Kiper said four people were injured there in overnight drone strikes. The attacks took place in three waves, he said. Odessa regional governor Oleh Kiper said four people were injured there in overnight drone strikes. The attacks took place in three waves, he said. The regional capital – the port city of Odessa – was targeted first. All nine drones were shot down, but debris caused damage to port infrastructure and one person was injured. Kipper said the second and third waves targeted port infrastructure in the Danube River area. A total of 12 drones were shot down and three people were injured. Romania’s National Defense Ministry said on Saturday that Russia carried out drone strikes overnight on Ukraine’s Izmail and Rainy River ports near the border with Romania.

The ministry said an F-16 jet of the Turkish Air Force was deployed from the Romanian airbase at about 1:15 a.m. to carry out a “reconnaissance mission” in the national airspace to monitor the situation. Text alerts were also issued to residents in two counties adjacent to the attacks. NATO member Romania has discovered drone debris over its territory several times before, following repeated attacks on Ukraine’s port infrastructure as Moscow attempted to disrupt Kiev’s ability to export grain and other produce to world markets. Was.