War
Details
Event title
Ukraine - Russian strike on Kharkiv apartment block kills seven
Source
Main event
Event date (UTC)
2026-03-07 12:59:25
Last update (UTC)
2026-03-14 10:00:11
Severity
High
Area range
Multiple countries wide event
Address/Affected area(s)
Ukraine and Russia
At least seven people including children have been killed and several others injured after a Russian airstrike hit an apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Regional governor Oleg Synegubov said the missile damaged a five-storey residential building on Saturday morning. He added that rescue workers are clearing up debris.
The latest overnight attacks triggered air alerts across Ukraine - including in Dnipropetrovsk and in Zaporizhzhia.
Russia's defence ministry confirmed it used drones to carry out strikes on Ukrainian targets - adding its forces struck Ukrainian military compounds, airfields and energy facilities, the Interfax news agency said.
Separately, the Polish air force said it had scrambled military jets to protect its airspace in regions bordering Ukraine, as it usually does in the event of large scale Russian strikes.
Detailing the aftermath of the strikes, Synegubov said that in Kharkiv, a 65-year-old woman, a 40-year-old man, and a 13-year-old girl were among those killed.
The bodies of four more people were found, including a nine-year-old boy, he later said on Telegram.
Synegubov said seven apartment buildings were damaged as were power grids and an administrative building in the city.