Kyiv: Russian drone strikes killed at least four people and injured more than 30 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, authorities said Friday.
Russia and Ukraine have stepped up aerial attacks even as US President Donald Trump pushes them to agree to a ceasefire after more than three years of costly fighting.
The attack late Thursday targeted residential and office buildings in Kharkiv, causing several blazes, Ukraine’s state emergency service said on Telegram.
“Russian drones attacked one of the districts of Kharkiv. As a result of strikes at residential buildings and an administrative building, four fires broke out,” the emergency service said.
The city’s mayor Igor Terekhov said on Telegram that as of Friday morning, “unfortunately, there are already four dead,” with a fourth body “unearthed from under the rubble” in addition to three earlier fatalities.
Ukraine’s state emergency service and Oleg Synegubov, governor of the wider Kharkiv region, said 35 people were wounded in the attack, while Terekhov put the figure at 32.
Six other people were injured in the Ukrainian regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv, according to local authorities who blamed Moscow.
Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Sergiy Lysak said on Telegram that 13 drones had been “destroyed” in the region.
“Due to the massive drone attack, there is damage in Dnipro and its suburbs,” he said.
One killed in Russia
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Friday that air defense alert systems intercepted and destroyed 107 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 34 over the Kursk region and 30 over the Oryol region.
An attack by Ukrainian drones in a village in the Bryansk region killed one and left another injured, governor Aleksandr Bogomaz said in a Telegram post on Friday.
“As a result of the attack by Ukrainian drones, two residents of the village received shrapnel wounds. Unfortunately, one man died,” he wrote.
The attacks came as Russia’s top economic negotiator visited Washington for talks on improving ties.
Trump is pushing for warmer relations with Moscow, reaching out to President Vladimir Putin and Russian officials in the hope of brokering a ceasefire in the three-year Ukraine war.
Washington had said last month that both Kyiv and Moscow agreed separately to “develop measures for implementing” a halt on strikes on energy infrastructure.
But attacks have continued and both sides have complained to the United States about strikes hitting their energy sites.
Kyiv called on Washington to strengthen sanctions on Moscow for “violating” agreements made at talks in Saudi Arabia last month.
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Four dead, dozens injured in Russia drone strikes on Kharkiv
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Four dead, dozens injured in Russia drone strikes on Kharkiv
- The attack late Thursday targeted residential and office buildings in Kharkiv
- Russia and Ukraine have stepped up aerial attacks even as US President Donald Trump pushes them to agree to a ceasefire
Gangs allegedly ‘forced’ votes in Honduras election
TEGUCIGALPA: A prominent human rights group said Thursday gang members in Honduras “forced” voters to cast ballots during the November 30 presidential elections, and alleged seven political killings during the campaign.
Gang violence is a major problem in Honduras, where groups like Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha are considered terrorist organizations by the United States.
NGO Cristosal said its investigation revealed killings of six men who “held or claimed to hold a municipal level post” and “a five year old child” who died in an armed attack on a Libre party demonstration.
The NGO also found “certain acts of coercion” based on gang presence near polling stations, Cristosal Director of Investigations Rene Valiente told AFP — but they did not determine which party the criminals favored.
Current president Xiomara Castro claimed voters for her left-wing party, Libre, “were threatened by bands and gangs in different regions of the country.”
She called for an investigation.
The results of the November 30 election remain unknown, but are already in dispute by both right-wing candidates, television host Salvador Nasralla and Nasry Asfura, who is backed by US President Donald Trump.
National election officials said Monday Asfura held a slight lead — a little over one percent — on his opponent.
Castro’s government has imposed a state of emergency on Honduras since December 2022, to reduce crime — a move criticized by human rights advocates.
Gang violence is a major problem in Honduras, where groups like Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha are considered terrorist organizations by the United States.
NGO Cristosal said its investigation revealed killings of six men who “held or claimed to hold a municipal level post” and “a five year old child” who died in an armed attack on a Libre party demonstration.
The NGO also found “certain acts of coercion” based on gang presence near polling stations, Cristosal Director of Investigations Rene Valiente told AFP — but they did not determine which party the criminals favored.
Current president Xiomara Castro claimed voters for her left-wing party, Libre, “were threatened by bands and gangs in different regions of the country.”
She called for an investigation.
The results of the November 30 election remain unknown, but are already in dispute by both right-wing candidates, television host Salvador Nasralla and Nasry Asfura, who is backed by US President Donald Trump.
National election officials said Monday Asfura held a slight lead — a little over one percent — on his opponent.
Castro’s government has imposed a state of emergency on Honduras since December 2022, to reduce crime — a move criticized by human rights advocates.
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