More than 20 people have been injured after Russian strikes on high-rise apartment blocks in Ukraine’s Kharkiv – the second consecutive night-time attack this week.
The bombs fell on Saturday night on the district of Shevchenkivsky, in Ukraine’s north-east, local governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Residential 16 and nine-storey buildings were destroyed, and seven more buildings were damaged, he added.
Twenty-one people were wounded, including an eight-year-old, two 17-year-olds and several older adults, according to Mr Syniehubov and Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov.
The attack came after another late on Friday injured 15 people, including a 10- and 12-year-old, as Russian air strikes hit three Kharkiv areas, Mr Terekhov said.
According to Ukrainian officials, KAB-type aerial glide bombs were used in both attacks, a retrofitted Soviet weapon that has for months laid waste to eastern Ukraine.
Russia also launched 80 Shahed drones and two missiles at Ukraine overnight into Sunday, the Ukrainian air force said.
Ukrainian air defences shot down 71 drones, and another six were lost on location due to electronic warfare counter-measures, the statement said.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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