2 killed, 15 injured in Russian drone assault on Kharkiv

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A Russian drone assault killed two and injured 15 individuals late on March 29, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported. A number of explosions had been heard all through the town.

A rescue operation is ongoing to retrieve an individual from the rubble that resulted from the Russian drone strikes, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terehov mentioned in a publish to Telegram.

Terekhov reported that Russian strikes had broken a shopping mall, a number of residential buildings, a medical facility, and an workplace constructing. A number of fires have additionally damaged out all through the town.

At the least 10 individuals are hospitalized, together with two youngsters, Syniehubov mentioned.

Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine's northeast is a daily goal of Russian missile, drone, and glide bomb assaults from throughout the border or Russian-occupied territories. Russia has often focused civilian infrastructure in aerial assaults in opposition to Ukraine because the onset of its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

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