Russian air attacks injure several, spark fire in Kharkiv: Ukraine officials
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A firefighter working at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian drone strike, in Kharkiv, on Jan 28.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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KYIV - An overnight Russian air attack injured four people, set a private business on fire and damaged several houses in Kharkiv, a city that has been under intermittent Russian fire since the start of the war almost three years ago, Ukrainian officials said on Jan 28.
A 62-year-old woman was hospitalised and a 66-year-old man was injured when debris from a destroyed Russian drone fell, damaging several houses in the Kharkiv district that includes and surrounds the city of Kharkiv, the regional governor said.
Emergency services were called soon after midnight to a private business that had caught fire in Kharkiv as a result of a Russian drone attack, said Mayor Ihor Terekhov on the messaging app Telegram.
Ukraine’s state emergency service said the fire engulfed production facilities. Two people suffered acute stress reactions, including a child, the emergency service said.
It was not immediately clear what facility was burning. Video footage showed massive flames coming from what looked like an industrial building.
There was no immediate comment from Russia. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the nearly three-year war that Russia started with a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Two women and two men were also injured in Russian attacks on the region of Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine, said regional governor Ivan Fedorov on Telegram. Russia launched 362 strikes on settlements in the region over the past day, he added.
Russia also launched drone attacks on the Black Sea port of Odesa, damaging several residential buildings and cars. According to preliminary information, there were no injuries, said the mayor of the city on Telegram. REUTERS
