The overnight attacks, which involved 480 drones and 29 missiles, also caused casualties in the capital Kyiv as well as Odessa and Dnipro.
Russian missiles and drones claimed the lives of at least seven people, including children, in the city of Kharkiv, as Moscow’s forces attacked civilian infrastructure across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.
The overnight attacks, which involved 480 drones and 29 missiles, also caused casualties in the capital Kyiv as well as Odessa and Dnipro, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on his Telegram channel.
In Kharkiv, a Russian ballistic missile partially destroyed a residential apartment building, killing civilians, said Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian president said that emergency responders were still combing the rubble in the search of victims.
The victims include a 13-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy, according to the Kharkiv state administration.
Zelenskyy said that the barrage appeared to have targeted Ukraine’s energy and transport infrastructure. Russian strikes have also damaged railway infrastructure in the Zhytomyr region.
“There must be a response from partners to these brutal attacks on life,” said Zelenskyy.