Russia again attacks Kharkiv with Shahed drones, six explosions heard
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Russian forces launched another drone assault on Kharkiv overnight into March 31, with six explosions rocking the city by 6:00 a.m., targeting its central districts and igniting fires, though initial reports noted no casualties, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
The first strike hit a civilian enterprise in the Kyivskyi district, shattering windows in nearby apartment blocks with its blast wave.
A kindergarten and a sports-cultural complex also sustained damage, while two residents received medical aid for acute stress reactions.
Subsequent strikes in the same district fueled a major fire, further damaging a children’s facility facade, breaking more windows, and wrecking private cars, Terekhov detailed.
At 9:44 a.m., Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Dmytro Chubenko clarified that the drones struck an industrial zone in the Kyivskyi district, igniting a blaze spanning thousands of square meters across warehouses and a printing house.
Three workers, aged 50-60, were injured—two with stress reactions, one with a bruised knee.
On March 29, a Shahed drone slammed into a military hospital, injuring patients and staff and damaging multiple buildings, though operating rooms later resumed function.
The next day, March 30, a strike hit a five-story residential building in central Kupyansk, leaving casualties.
