Russia pounds Kharkiv for second night in row, Ukraine says

31/3/2025 12:54

Russia bombed the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine for the second night in row, injuring two people, sparking fires and damaging a kindergarten and private houses, Ukrainian officials said early on Monday.



Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said, the attacks on Ukraine's second-largest city, lasted most of the night and hit the city's largest and oldest district.



It was not clear what was targeted in the attacks that came a week after a U.S.-brokered partial ceasefire on strikes on energy and Black Sea infrastructure. Both sides have accused each other of breaking the moratorium.



Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday said Moscow had fired more than 1,000 drones in the past week and called for a response from the U.S. and other allies. Russia said Ukraine's drones attacked energy facilities last week.



Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and has waged a bloody and brutal three-year war. Both sides deny targeting civilians, saying their attacks are aimed t destroying each other's infrastructure crucial to war efforts.



Ukrainian official said, over the weekend a Russian drone strike on Kharkiv killed two people and wounded 35.