Russian drone attack injures at least 28 people

4/4/2025 5:48

A Russian drone attack on Kharkiv,

Ukraine's second-largest city, triggered fires in an apartment

building and a private house late on Thursday, injuring at least

28 people, local officials said.



Mayor Ihor Terekhov, writing on the Telegram messaging app,

said one person had been killed in the attack on the

Novobavarskyi district. He said 29 people had been injured.



Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov put the injury toll at 28,

but made no mention of fatalities. He said a child was among

those hurt.



Syniehubov also said one person was hurt in a drone strike

on Ruski Tyshky, a village outside Kharkiv.



Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, has been subject to nearly

nightly Russian drone attacks in the past week, including an

hour-long barrage on Wednesday evening.



The city withstood the advance of Russian troops through

Ukraine and their unsuccessful advance on Kyiv in the early

weeks of the February 2022 invasion.



As Russian forces pulled away from the capital and focused

on Ukraine's east, it became a frequent target of air attacks.