Russian drones and missiles target Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, killing 3, officials say

A ample Russian drone-and-missile onslaught targeted Ukraine’s eastbound metropolis of Kharkiv connected Saturday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 3 radical and injuring 21, section Ukrainian officials said.

The Russian barrage — the latest successful adjacent regular widescale attacks by Moscow — included deadly aerial glide bombs that person go part of fierce Russian attacks successful the three-year war.

Kharkiv’s politician Ihor Terekhov said the onslaught besides damaged 18 flat buildings and 13 backstage homes. Citing preliminary data, helium said Russia utilized 48 Shahed drones, 2 missiles and 4 aerial glide bombs successful the attack.

Firefighters extinguish a occurrence astatine a civilian works pursuing Russian attacks connected Kharkiv connected Saturday.SERGEY BOBOK / AFP - Getty Images

Rescuers transportation a wounded idiosyncratic retired of the rubble.SERGEY BOBOK / AFP - Getty Images

The strength of the Russian attacks connected Ukraine implicit the past weeks has further dampened hopes that the warring sides could scope a bid woody anytime soon days — particularly aft Kyiv precocious embarrassed the Kremlin with a astonishing drone onslaught connected subject airfields heavy wrong Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump said this week that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, told him Moscow would respond to Ukraine’s onslaught connected Sunday connected Russian subject airfields.

On Friday, Russian strikes deed six Ukrainian territories, and sidesplitting astatine slightest six radical and injuring astir 80 others, Ukrainian officials said. Among the dormant were 3 exigency responders successful Kyiv, 1 idiosyncratic successful Lutsk and 2 radical successful Chernihiv.

Trump besides said that it mightiness beryllium amended to fto Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” earlier pulling them isolated and pursuing peace. Trump’s comments were a singular detour from his often-stated appeals to halt the warfare and signaled helium whitethorn beryllium giving up connected caller bid efforts.