According to Tkachenko, the air defense systems were activated, but a fire broke out in one of the areas after the strike. The Ukrainian Air Force and the news outlet The Kyiv Independent also confirmed information about a powerful shelling that occurred after midnight. At least one person is known to have died and four were injured. Reports from Kharkiv indicated powerful airstrikes. According to the RBK-Ukraine news agency, at least 11 people were injured. Several hospitals and residential buildings were damaged, and some victims, according to Mayor Igor Terekhov, were trapped under the rubble.
