Russian forces maintain day-long drone barrage of Ukraine's Kharkiv

Russian forces maintained a day-long ‌barrage of drone strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, on Thursday, injuring at least two people, local officials said, Report informs via Reuters.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov ​posted reports on Telegram throughout the day and well ​into the evening, noting strikes in four city districts. ⁠One city official said there had been at least ​20 impacts from drones.

Terekhov said some of the strikes triggered fires and two people were injured in an evening attack, including an eight-year-old girl.

Reuters ​Television footage showed firefighters spraying water on a smoldering ​residence struck by a drone. Parts of the facade were badly damaged and ‌furniture ⁠and fixtures in apartments were smashed.

Further south, in the city of Zaporizhzhia, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said a Russian attack damaged a high-rise apartment building and a local business. No ​injuries were reported.

Over ​the border ⁠in Russia's Belgorod Region, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said 13 people were injured in a series ​of drone attacks, 11 of them in ​the village ⁠of Shebekino, just inside the border.

In Moscow, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Telegram that air defense units had downed a Ukrainian ⁠drone ​which was heading for the capital ​well after midnight. Two other drones had been intercepted on Thursday.