Firefighters put out the fire in the ruins of an apartment building following Russia's missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 7. AP-Yonhap
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight on Saturday, damaging infrastructure and killing at least 10 people, including two children, in the northeast city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia targeted the energy sector and railway infrastructure across the country.
"There should be a response from partners to these savage strikes against life," Zelenskyy said on the Telegram app.
"Russia has not abandoned its attempts to destroy Ukraine's residential and critical infrastructure, and therefore support should continue," Zelenskyy said, urging partners to continue air defence and weapons supplies.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov and regional prosecutors put the death toll in the city at 11, one more than Zelenskyy's estimate.
Zelenskyy, speaking later in his nightly video address, described the strike as "horrific." He said rescue crews, including specialists from other regions, were still clearing rubble and searching for bodies underneath. Kharkiv regional prosecutors reported that two people had been killed in a separate drone strike on Saturday near a post office in a village near the Russian border.
Ukrainian air defence units shot down 453 drones and 19 missiles, the air force said. But nine missiles and 26 attack drones hit 22 sites, it said.
Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, March 7, amid the Russian invasion. EPA-Yonhap
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