Smoke rises from a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, following a Russian drone strike, 18 August 2025. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Five people were killed and at least another 20 were injured in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv overnight, following a Russian drone strike on a five-storey residential building, Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov announced on Monday.

Among the dead were a one-and-a-half-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, Synyehubov said, adding that a further six children had been injured, and that five more people were still unaccounted for.

Four Geran-2 drones struck the building, causing apartments on the first, third and fifth floors to catch fire. Several ceilings in the building also collapsed, and five other nearby residential buildings were also damaged, Synyehubov added.

Russian drones also attacked the southwestern Ukrainian port city of Odessa overnight, leading to serious fire at one of the city’s fuel and energy infrastructure facilities, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

Elsewhere, two Russian ballistic missiles struck targets in the southeastern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia, injuring four people, according to regional Governor Ivan Fedorov.