Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.
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Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv and Dnipro regions, wounding at least six people and hitting critical infrastructure, commercial and residential buildings, regional officials said on Saturday.
The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russian forces launched 13 Shahed drones targeting areas in the northeast and center of the country. The Air Force Commander said that air defense units shot down all the drones.
But the regional governor said debris from the downed drones hit civilian targets in Kharkiv in the country's northeast, wounding four people and starting a fire in an office building.
Oleh Sinyhopov, writing on the messaging app Telegram, said a 13-year-old boy and a woman were being treated in hospital. Two other women were treated at the site. He added that emergency services were able to control the fire.
Serhiy Lysak, governor of the industrial zone, said that two people were injured in the Dnipropetrovsk industrial zone. He added that a critical infrastructure facility and three homes were damaged.
