Russia hits Ukraine's Kharkiv with deadly nighttime barrage of drones


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  • Wednesday, 11 Jun 2025

Flames rise from a building following a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in this handout released on June 11, 2025. STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE IN THE KHARKIV REGION/Handout via REUTERS

KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A concentrated, nine-minute-long Russian drone attack on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv on Wednesday killed six people and injured 64, including nine children, Ukrainian officials said.

The attack followed Russia's two biggest air assaults of the war on Ukraine this week, part of intensified bombardments that Moscow says are retaliatory measures for Kyiv's recent attacks in Russia.

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