Russian drones late Saturday hit a military hospital, shopping centre, apartment blocks and other targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing two people and injuring no fewer than 25 people.
The military’s General Staff said on the Telegram messaging app that preliminary information revealed that there were injuries among the servicemen undergoing treatment in the medical centre.
It, however, denounced the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the facility which it said “added to the long list of vile and cynical crimes committed by the Russians since the beginning of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine”.
According to Kharkiv Mayor, Ihor Terekhov, one of the dead had been pulled out from under rubble.
The Mayor put the overall number of injured at 27.
Terekhov said an office building was also among the targets, with one drone triggering a fire.
The regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said 25 people were hurt, including a 15-year-old girl who is in serious condition.
