Ukraine-Russia war latest: 10 injured in Kharkiv attack as Putin’s forces launch mass drone assault
Ten people have been injured in Kharkiv, as Vladimir Putin’s forces launched one of the largest overnight drones attacks on Ukraine of the war.
Ukraine’s military said its air defences shot down 71 of 145 drones launched by Russia – in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Odesa, Kherson and other regions – and lost track of a further 71 drones likely due to active electronic warfare.
Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said an attack on the northeastern city injured 10 people, caused a fire on one of the city’s central streets and damaged civilian infrastructure and cars.
The latest drone attack would be on par with an overnight assault earlier this month described by Kyiv as Russia’s largest of the war so far by Kyiv, which also saw Russia use 145 drones to attack Ukraine, a significant number of which were decoys and others Iranian-made Shahed attack drones.
Ukraine, meanwhile, said it attacked an oil depot in Russia’s western Kaluga region, along with targets in Bryansk and Kursk.
It came as Russian state media reported that a British man fighting with the Ukrainian army had been captured in Kursk.
