KYIV: A Ukrainian couple and their three children were killed in a fire after a Russian drone attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv hit an oil depot, triggering blazes and damaging residential houses, officials said on Saturday. The children were aged 7, 4 and 10 months.
An elderly couple living in the same street as the family were also killed, and three other people were wounded in the city.The drones struck late on Friday, causing several large fires, and burning at least 15 residential houses in the east of Kharkiv. The Ukrainian air force said that air defence and mobile groups of drone hunters shot down 23 out of 31 Russian-launched drones, which were targeting the Kharkiv region and also the Odesa region in the south.
An elderly couple living in the same street as the family were also killed, and three other people were wounded in the city.The drones struck late on Friday, causing several large fires, and burning at least 15 residential houses in the east of Kharkiv. The Ukrainian air force said that air defence and mobile groups of drone hunters shot down 23 out of 31 Russian-launched drones, which were targeting the Kharkiv region and also the Odesa region in the south.