12 injured in Russian drone assault on Kharkiv, day after deadly drone bombardment

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Twelve are injured, together with 4 kids, on account of a Russian drone assault on Kharkiv in a single day on June 12.

Russia carried out 11 strikes on town, a twelfth drone strike didn’t detonate, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov mentioned in a submit to Telegram.

"Residential areas, academic establishments, kindergartens, and infrastructure have been hit by shelling. Dozens of automobiles have been broken, home windows in faculties and homes have been damaged," he mentioned.

Only a day prior, on June 11, a Russian mass drone assault on Kharkiv killed three folks and injured not less than 64 others, together with 9 kids.

"An unexploded UAV was found on the roof of a warehouse," regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned.

A number of fires broke out all through town on account of the Russian drone assault.

"Civilian automobiles caught fireplace after a (drone) hit a residential high-rise constructing. The facade of the high-rise constructing was additionally broken," Syniehubov reported.

The grounds of an academic establishment have been hit within the Shevchenkivskyi district, inflicting a fireplace to interrupt out, Syniehubov mentioned.

Russia frequently strikes civilian infrastructure because it continues to wage its warfare in opposition to Ukraine.

On June 10, Russia carried out drone and missile assaults on Kyiv and Odesa. Three have been killed and 12 have been injured.

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