Blasts in Kharkiv amid Russian drone attack

Blasts in Kharkiv amid Russian drone attack

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Russian invaders are attacking Kharkiv with Shahed-type kamikaze drones. Several explosions rocked the city.

This was reported by Mayor Ihor Terekhov on Telegram, Ukrinform saw.

"An explosion in Kharkiv – the city is again under attack by the Shaheds!" he wrote, urging residents to remain in shelters.

He later added that the enemy targeted a residential area of the city’s Kyivskyi district.

He also warned of another group of attack drones approaching the city.

Read also: Four injured as Russian drone hits high-rise building in Kharkiv

The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, posted: "The invaders are attacking Kharkiv! A series of explosions have been heard."

Earlier, an air raid alert has been declared across Kharkiv region.

As reported, at around 16:10 on April 2, Russian troops hit a 16-storey apartment block in Kharkiv’s Kyivsky district with a Molniya drone.

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