Russia Fires Missile at Kharkiv Apartment Building, Kills at Least 10 Including Two Children

A Russian missile struck a five-story residential building in Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least 10 people — including two children — and wounding others, officials said.

“At least ten people, including children, have been killed and several others injured after a Russian airstrike hit an apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said”

BBC

Emergency crews searched the rubble.

BBC

Kharkiv's mayor identified a primary school teacher and her second-grade son, and an eighth-grader who died with her mother.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack and urged an international response as Ukrainian authorities reported the strike amid a wider overnight assault.

Reports vary on the number of injured and the scope of damage.

Local and U.S. reporting put the wounded at 16, while other sources described "at least ten" injured in the overnight strikes, creating a discrepancy between outlets.

CBS News

Rescuers warned there may still be people trapped under rubble after several apartment buildings and other structures were damaged.

Separate regional attacks left additional civilians killed or wounded in other districts.

Ukrainian authorities characterised the strike as part of a large coordinated assault that officials said involved 29 missiles and about 480 drones targeting energy infrastructure and other sites across multiple regions.

“AFP journalists saw rescuers searching through the rubble for victims and survivors in what had been a five-story building typical of the Soviet era in Kharkiv, a university and industrial city near the border with Russia”

Le Télégramme

Ukrainian air defenses were reported to have shot down dozens of incoming weapons, though observers said strikes still hit many locations and caused infrastructure damage, including to power grids and a railway.

Russian authorities framed the operation differently: the Russian Defense Ministry said it had targeted military factories, energy facilities and air bases.

Reporting also noted the types of weapons in use, including a new cruise missile Ukraine’s prosecutor identified as the Izdeliye‑30.

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Reports also noted the continued deployment of Iranian‑designed Shahed drones, which have been used extensively during the war according to available reports.