Drone Strikes Apartment Building in Ukraine's Kharkiv, Injures Seven, Mayor Says
A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building late on Sunday in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, triggering a fire and injuring eight people, the city's mayor said. The incident is the latest in a series of air attacks on residential areas in Kharkiv, which has resisted capture since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The attack on the apartment building damaged three other nearby buildings and shattered over 100 windows.
- This brazen drone strike highlights the escalating use of unmanned aerial vehicles as a tool for warfare, posing significant challenges to civilian defense strategies.
- How will international efforts to counter the proliferation of drones used in conflict zones impact the frequency and severity of such attacks on densely populated areas like Kharkiv?