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Explosions were heard in Kharkiv at night, resulting in injuries. (Updated)

The first explosions in the city were heard around 1:20 AM.
Explosions were heard in Kharkiv at night, resulting in injuries. (Updated)

The first explosions in the city were heard around 01:20. 

Updated at 07:31. The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Synegubov, noted that a utility building and 14 houses were damaged in the Kholodnoyarsky district.

“As a result of debris falling from the enemy drone Geran-2 in the Kholodnoyarsky district of Kharkiv, three women experienced acute stress reactions,” Synegubov wrote.

Air raid alerts in Kharkiv and the region lasted from 20:44. According to data from the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kharkiv and neighboring regions were attacked by drones. 

Around 01:20, the first explosion was heard in the Saltivskyi district. According to Mayor Ihor Terekhov, a drone flew over Kharkiv – it crashed near an administrative building. 

“In the administrative building and nearby houses, some windows were shattered. The situation is being clarified,” the city mayor specified.

Approximately at 01:44, the occupiers struck the city again. This time, clarified Terekhov, the Kholodnoyarsky district was hit. 

“In the Kholodnoyarsky district of Kharkiv, a hit by an enemy drone of the 'Shahed' type was recorded on the territory of a private household, damaging a residential building,” Terekhov wrote.

Later, the regional National Police updated information about the casualties from the nighttime shelling, also clarifying that after the “arrival” in the Kholodnoyarsky district, a fire broke out.

“In the Kholodnoyarsky district, the 'Shahed' hit the private sector. There is a fire in a utility building. Residential houses were damaged. Three women experienced acute stress reactions,” law enforcement officials reported.