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Deadly Russian strikes hit Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia

Gasia Ohanes
August 18, 2025

A Russian drone attack on a residential area of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, has killed at least seven people, including a one-year-old child. Other casualties were reported in Zaporizhzhia after Russia launched a total of 140 drones and missiles across Ukraine overnight.

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Kharkiv wakes to devastation after a deadly night of missile and drone strikes. A residential block lies in ruins, families are missing, and fires rage across multiple floors.

The barrage hit far beyond Kharkiv, with deaths reported also in Zaporizhzhia. Russia insists it is not targeting civilians, but Ukraine says the attacks show the opposite.