Three drones hit near residential buildings, blowing out windows in five of them and damaging roofs, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Kharkiv regional administration head Oleh Syniehubov said one of the strikes hit a multi-story building.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported that a two-story administrative building and cars caught fire, and that residential and administrative-industrial buildings were damaged.
According to Novosti.LIVE, the man who was killed had been riding in a car with a woman and a dog. The woman survived and is in intensive care. The dog was pulled from the car and handed over to an animal welfare center.
The Ukrainian Air Force command said Russia launched 205 drones at Ukraine overnight into 5 October, 172 of which were shot down. Odesa region also came under a large-scale attack. Odesa regional military administration head Oleh Kiper said industrial and port infrastructure and a dacha area were hit. Large fires broke out, and radiation, chemical and biological protection specialists surveyed the area. No hazardous substances were found and no one was injured.
The State Emergency Service said firefighters worked in extremely difficult conditions because of high temperatures and repeated air raid alerts. Russia's Defense Ministry said a power substation at Kochetok in Kharkiv region was struck, along with the port point of Vylkove in Odesa region, a fuel and lubricant storage facility at the Chornomorsk port and two cargo ships.
Days earlier, on the afternoon of 2 October, Russian forces launched guided aerial bombs at two districts of Kharkiv. One of the munitions hit a private house. Two people were killed and 42 injured, including three children. Twenty-three private houses, an educational institution, office buildings, seven cars and power grids were damaged.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia is preparing to intensify attacks on Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa in order to isolate them from the rest of Ukraine as winter sets in. He said Vladimir Putin has ordered an end to any restrictions on air strikes. Financial Times sources among Ukrainian officials said Moscow aims to increase pressure on Kyiv to concede to its demands, including the surrender of territory in the Donbas, by early 2027.
Accounts of the casualties differ: Current Time reports one dead and six injured. Ekho reports one dead and eight injured. The Moscow Times RU, citing mayor Terekhov, reports one dead and eight wounded, one of them in very serious condition.