The toll from the fire that broke out following a Russian attack launched last night on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has risen to at least seven dead and two injured.
The local authorities made this known, specifying that among the victims there were also three children.
Governor Oleh Syniehubov and Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that Kharkiv was hit by Russian Shaded drones launched from the Belgorod region, which hit a petrol station in the Nemyshlyansky district causing a huge fire that engulfed 15 residential buildings.
The authorities of the eastern Ukrainian city specified on their Telegram channels that the children killed were seven years old, four years and six months old.
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