Russian Drone Attacks on Dnipro and Kharkiv Injure 20, Damage Homes and High-Rises

Russian troops attacked the city of Dnipro with drones early on Tuesday morning, March 10, damaging several residential buildings and injuring civilians.

Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov said at least eight buildings were damaged in the strike.

“At least eight high-rise buildings in Dnipro were damaged as a result of another Russian attack. Several hundred windows were smashed in the buildings,” Filatov wrote.

He added that authorities were still assessing other possible damage.

The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration (OVA), Oleksandr Hanzha, said 10 people were injured in the attack, including a 12-year-old boy. One of the injured women was hospitalized.

Russian forces also attacked Kharkiv early Tuesday morning, damaging private homes and injuring several residents.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said a Shahed drone struck the Kholodnohirskyi district.

“As a result of the the ‘Shahed’ strike in the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv, private houses and outbuildings were damaged,” he wrote on Telegram.

Later, Terekhov reported another strike in the same district.

“This time, the drone hit the road between houses in the private sector. At the moment, there is information about two victims,” the post said.

The number of injured later rose to four. According to the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleh Syniehubov, the victims were a 58-year-old, a 38-year-old, a 52-year-old woman, and a 17-year-old girl. All received medical assistance on site.

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Syniehubov added that the drone strike damaged three private houses and a car.

Earlier, on the evening of March 9, Russian troops also launched a drone attack on Kharkiv.

Syniehubov said a fire broke out in the city’s Industrial district after a Russian drone strike.

“According to preliminary information, cars and apartments on the lower floors of a multi-story building are burning,” the report said.

It was later confirmed that six people were injured in that attack, including a 16-year-old girl. A 51-year-old man was hospitalized with an explosive wound.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, between 6 p.m. on March 9 and the morning of March 10, Russia launched 137 drones, including Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas attack drones and other types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). About 80 of them were Shahed drones.

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

According to preliminary data as of 8:00 a.m., air defenses had shot down or suppressed 122 Russian UAVs.

Officials reported 12 strike drones hitting 10 locations, while debris from downed drones fell in another 10 areas.