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Four Children Among 15 Injured as Russian Drones Strike Kharkiv Residential Areas

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Four Children Among 15 Injured as Russian Drones Strike Kharkiv Residential Areas
A psychologist comforting a boy in the aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on June 12, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)

Russian forces launched a wave of drones on Kharkiv overnight on June 12, igniting multiple fires and injuring at least 15 people, including four children—a 2-year-old boy and three girls aged 12, 16, and 17.

This was reported by the Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov, and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

The aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on June 12, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)
The aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on June 12, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)
The aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on June 12, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)
The aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on June 12, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)

The strikes hit residential areas in the Saltivskyi, Slobidskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts, where fires broke out in homes, shops, and vehicles.

Emergency services, including firefighters, police, medics, and utility workers, are working on the scenes.

Emergency workers dealing with the aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on June 12, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)
Emergency workers dealing with the aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on June 12, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)
A psychologist comforting a woman in the aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on June 12, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)
A psychologist comforting a woman in the aftermath of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on June 12, 2025. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region)

Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces additionally launched attacks on nine other settlements in the Kharkiv region, injuring a man, aged 40, in the village of Zarichne, part of the Starosaltivska community.

On June 11, Russian forces launched a drone attack on Kharkiv, killing at least three people and leaving 60 people injured, including nine children aged 2 to 15 years.

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