Apartments from the seventh to the ninth floors were destroyed in one entrance of a residential building struck by a Russian drone in Kharkiv's Kyivskyi district on the morning of October 12, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. A fire broke out at the site, and search-and-rescue operations are continuing.
A second drone later hit another multi-story building in the same district, Terekhov said. Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said three people were injured there.
Terekhov said five strikes were recorded in the Kyivskyi district in total. Another drone fell on the grounds of a private property. According to Syniehubov, three people were wounded and 12 people, including two children, showed signs of acute stress reaction.
Terekhov reported 12 people injured. Syniehubov also said another Russian drone hit the building of a sports facility.
Overnight into October 12, Russia launched an Kh-59 missile and 121 drones at Ukraine, of which Ukrainian forces shot down 89 drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said.
In the south of Odesa region, premises of the postal operator Nova Poshta were damaged. Oleh Kiper, head of the regional military administration, said the aftermath was being cleared at the site and that no one was hurt. In Pavlohrad district of Dnipropetrovsk region, a fire broke out on the territory of an enterprise as a result of a Russian strike. Ukraine's State Emergency Service said the blaze was large-scale but was extinguished. The enterprise affected was not specified.
Russia's Defense Ministry said it continued strikes overnight into October 12 on Ukrainian port infrastructure and maritime vessels. The Russian military department claimed a cargo ship heading to Odesa with a "military cargo" was hit.
Accounts differ: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported 12 people injured, while regional administration head Oleh Syniehubov spoke of three wounded and 12 people with acute stress reaction.