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Russian Drone Strikes Kill Five in Kharkiv and Hit Odesa Fuel Depot

Pre-dawn drones reduced a Kharkiv apartment block to rubble, sparking a blaze at a fuel depot in Odesa before President Zelenskyy's Washington meetings.

The attack reduced part of the building in Kharkiv to rubble
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Overview

  • A pre-dawn Russian drone attack on a five-storey Kharkiv apartment block killed five people, including a one-and-a-half-year-old girl, and injured at least 18 others.
  • The strike leveled parts of three floors and ignited fires after four drones breached the city’s air defenses, regional governor Oleg Synegubov reported.
  • Hours earlier, a Russian ballistic missile wounded 11 civilians in Kharkiv, and a separate drone strike at an Odesa fuel facility sparked a major blaze.
  • The attacks coincided with President Zelenskyy’s arrival in Washington to press for more air defenses and followed President Trump’s statement that Ukraine would not reclaim Crimea or join NATO under any peace deal.
  • Moscow has proposed that Ukraine withdraw from Donbas in exchange for freezing frontlines in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, complicating ongoing diplomatic negotiations.