Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said the drone struck the central park when many people, including families with children, were present, RBC Ukraine reported.
Two women and an infant in a stroller were initially reported killed at the scene. The number of casualties later increased as officials provided updated information.
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Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said the five people killed were three women aged 28, 34 and 36, and two girls aged 11 and one year and two months.
The number of injured people reached 15, including seven children, Syniehubov said. Medical teams were providing treatment, with resuscitation crews transporting wounded people to hospitals in Kharkiv.
A nearby cafe was also damaged in the attack, according to the regional administration.
Emergency services were working at the scene, providing medical assistance and checking the area for explosive objects, Vyhivskyi said.
