Russia attacked Kharkiv with drones on Oct. 22, damaging a kindergarten and killing one person and leaving six injured, local authorities reported.
Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said that drone strikes occurred in the city's Kholodnohirskyi district in the western part of the city, and that the person killed was a 40-year-old man.
Amil Omarov, the head of the Regional Prosecutor's Office, said that it was likely the attack included jet-powered Geran-2 Shahed-type drones.
"(The attack happened) in a densely populated area, and one of the buildings housed a private kindergarten. Fortunately, the children were promptly evacuated to a shelter," Omarov said.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that the children were sheltering at the time the drone hit and were not injured. Terekhov also said the kindergarten was directly hit, and at the time of the attack, 48 children and teachers were there, as reported by Suspilne Kharkiv.
President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack, saying, "There is no justification for a drone strike on a kindergarten, nor can there ever be."
"Clearly, Russia is growing more brazen. These strikes are Russia’s spit in the face to everyone who insists on a peaceful resolution," Zelensky wrote on X.
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