By way of Jaroslav LukivBBC News10 February 2024Updated 9 hours agoImage caption, As many as 15 homes on one side road burned totally after the Russian assault, Kharkiv officers saySeven other folks were killed in a Russian drone assault that led to an enormous blaze in Ukraine’s north-eastern town of Kharkiv, native officers say. A few of the sufferers have been two oldsters with their 3 younger boys who “burned alive” of their space, regional deputy police leader Serhiy Blovinov mentioned.”One entire side road… became a hellish melted mass,” he instructed Ukrainian TV after the Friday night time assault.Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov mentioned 15 personal homes had burned totally.President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed a “simply reaction” to Russian “terror”. He known the 3 killed youngsters as Oleksiy, 7, Mykhailo, 4 and Pavlo, who was once handiest seven months outdated.An aged couple died in every other space that was once set ablaze at the similar Kotelna side road within the town’s japanese Nemyshlianskyi district. Mayor Terekhov mentioned “the Russian aggressor is ruining our town” in a video message from the scene. “However we will be able to conquer. We will be able to win,” he added.He mentioned the Russian assault left 57 native citizens Russia left “with no house, with out paperwork, with out cash, with out non-public property”.Ukraine’s officers had previous mentioned {that a} petrol station was once hit – however later corrected their document.Kharkiv – Ukraine’s second-largest town close to the Russian border – has noticed virtually day-to-day fatal Russian assaults in contemporary days.One by one, one guy was once reported injured in Ukraine’s southern town of Odesa in every other Russian drone assault on Friday night time.Russia’s army has made no public feedback at the reported moves.Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a full-scale invasion in opposition to Ukraine in February 2022.
