Russian forces have attacked Kharkiv with drones on the morning of 7 July, causing a fire in a high-rise building and injuring 20 people, including children.

Source : Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration 

Quote from Terekhov at 05:29: "Kharkiv has just been attacked by two enemy Shahed drones. Early reports indicate that the Shevchenkivskyi district of the city was hit."

Details : Terekhov noted that further strikes on Kharkiv were possible and a few minutes later reported more explosions in the city.

Syniehubov said a drone strike in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv had caused a fire on the eighth floor of a residential building.

Two more hits occurred in the Slobidskyi district, where another high-rise building was hit.

Syniehubov later confirmed that four people had been injured in the Russian attack on the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, including two children.

He noted that a fire broke out on the seventh floor of the building, with an estimated area of 10 sq m.

Terekhov later added that two people had also been injured in the Slobidskyi district.

At around 07:00, he reported that 11 people had been injured in the Shevchenkivskyi district, including two children. Three people were injured in the Slobidskyi district, one of whom is a child.

At 07:00, Syniehubov stated that the total number of injured had risen to 17 (10 adults and two children in the Shevchenkivskyi district and four adults and a child in the Slobidskyi district).

At 07:20, he reported that the number of injured had risen to 20, including three children (12 in the Shevchenkivskyi district and eight in the Slobidskyi district).

"Medics are providing the necessary treatment. Rescue operations are ongoing," Syniehubov said.

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