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Four Killed Near Kharkiv in New Wave of Russian Strikes Across Ukraine

Washington calls it an escalation after alleging Russia fired a nuclear-capable Orechnik missile near the NATO border.

Overview

  • Kharkiv’s regional governor raised the overnight toll to four dead and six injured after strikes on the city’s outskirts.
  • A Nova Poshta postal facility in Kharkiv was hit, prosecutors said, and a children’s sanatorium in the city was struck by a drone without reported casualties.
  • Local officials reported two waves of Russian drones over central Odesa that damaged residential buildings and a hospital, injuring at least five people.
  • Explosions linked to Russian attacks were reported in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Kyiv’s military administration warned of a ballistic missile assault during the night.
  • The United States told the UN Security Council that Russia used the new Orechnik ballistic missile, as President Zelensky warned of intelligence pointing to a possible large-scale strike in the coming days.