"As of this morning, there are 6 dead and 10 wounded as a result
of the night strike on Shevchenkivskyi district," Kharkiv Mayor
Ihor Terekhov said on the Telegram messaging app.
"The attack hit residential areas - at least nine high-rise
buildings, three dormitories, a number of administrative
buildings, a shop, a petrol station, a service station and cars
were damaged," he said.
The strike had occurred just after midnight, news reports said.
Ukraine's military said on Facebook its air defences destroyed
28 of 32 drones and three of six missiles launched by Russia.
Kharkiv, in Ukraine's northeast, has been a frequent Russian
target, with attacks intensifying in recent weeks. On Wednesday,
a drone attack on the city killed four people and badly damaged
apartment blocks.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of Staff, Andriy Yermak,
told the news outlet Politico in an interview published on
Thursday, that he saw Kharkiv as the most likely target for any
new Russian offensive in May or June.
Kharkiv regional Governor Oleh Synehubov reported a strike on a
residential building and a missile attack on a village north of
Kharkiv city. No casualties were reported in either incident.
Air raid alerts remained in effect for Kharkiv and most of the
country, including the capital Kyiv, for several hours after the
strikes.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Sandra
Maler, Sam Holmes and William Mallard)
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