Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said three guided aerial bombs were launched at the city. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said one of the bombs hit a residential building, destroying it completely. About 20 private houses, office buildings, an educational institution and cars were damaged at the impact sites.
In the city's Kyivskyi district, a Russian drone strike set a car on fire, Terekhov wrote.
The same day, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, Russian forces attacked civilian transport with FPV drones in Bohodukhiv district, northwest of Kharkiv. Two people were killed.
One drone struck a VAZ 2101 car on the Zolochiv-Derhachi road near the village of Myronivka, killing a 66-year-old resident of the village of Dovzhyk. Another drone attacked a tractor on a road near the village of Skovorodynivka, killing a 50-year-old tractor driver.
The prosecutor's office opened pre-trial investigations into war crimes resulting in loss of life.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the Financial Times that Russia intends to intensify strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine in the near future, especially in major cities — Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Lviv. The New York Times, citing a document intercepted by Ukrainian intelligence, reported that Russian troops plan to bomb energy infrastructure and water supply facilities this winter to reduce electricity generation to zero and deprive major cities of power.
Sources differ on the number of injured: Current Time, Deutsche Welle and TV Rain give different figures — 31 and 33 people. Current Time and Deutsche Welle reported 31 injured, while TV Rain reported 33.