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Overnight Russian Strikes Pound Ukraine With at Least Four Dead in Razed Kharkiv Apartment Block

Rescuers continue searching for people feared trapped under rubble.

Overview

  • Air-raid alerts were issued nationwide as attacks were reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa.
  • A five-storey residential building in Kharkiv’s Kyivskyi district was largely destroyed, with a nearby house also damaged.
  • Officials gave differing death tolls ranging from two to at least four, with about ten injured including children aged 6, 11 and 17.
  • Search-and-rescue operations are ongoing, and authorities say people may still be under the debris.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 124 Ukrainian drones overnight, including one reportedly headed toward Moscow, and the mayor of Chuguiv reported two injuries in a separate drone strike.