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A Russian drone attack late Thursday on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, hit dwellings and sparked fires, killing no fewer than two people and injuring 32.
Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Regional Governor Oleg Syniehubov, said two children were among the injured in the city’s Novobavarskyi district.
Syniehubov said several multi-storey apartment blocks had been hit, with a blaze erupting on the roof of one building.
According to Mayor Ihor Terekhov, human remains of a third person had been found under rubble.
The regional governor also said one person was hurt in a drone strike on Ruski Tyshky, a village outside Kharkiv.
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The Eastern Updates reports that Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, has been subject to nearly nightly Russian drone attacks in the past week, including an hour-long barrage on Wednesday evening.
The city was said to have withstood the advance of Russian troops through Ukraine and their unsuccessful advance on Kyiv in the early weeks of the February 2022 invasion.
As Russian forces pulled away from the capital and focused on Ukraine’s east, it became a frequent target of air attacks.
According to the regional governor, in the southeastern city of Dnipro, three people were injured in a mass drone attack.
He added that in Zaporizhzhia region, further south, at least seven drones had attacked targets in the region, injuring one.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared details of his phone conversation with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
The President described the discussion, which focused on the Russia-Ukraine war, as “a very good and productive one.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump confirmed that they had agreed to “an immediate ceasefire on all energy and infrastructure.”
The leaders also reached an understanding to work quickly towards a complete ceasefire to end “this very horrible war.”
“This war would never have started if I were President!” Trump added.
“Many elements of a Contract for Peace were discussed, including the fact that thousands of soldiers are being killed, and both President Putin and President Zelenskyy would like to see it end.
“That process is now in full force and effect, and we will, hopefully, for the sake of humanity, get the job done!” the President wrote.
