Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, on Saturday. Photograph: Sergey Kozlov/EPARussia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight on Saturday, damaging infrastructure and killing at least 10 people, including ​two children, in the northeast city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia launched 480 drones and 29 missiles targeting the energy sector and railway infrastructure across the country. The city ⁠of Kharkiv was targeted by both Russian ​drones and missiles, and 10 people, including two children, ​were killed after a Russian ballistic missile slammed into a five-storey residential building, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said. In Kharkiv, 15 people were also wounded, and 19 residential buildings were damaged by the Russian attacks, Syniehubov said.

Source: The Irish Times March 07, 2026 22:30 UTC