Ukraine sends over 30 drones into Russia after bombing of Kharkiv leaves 3 dead and dozens injured

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00:00Ukrainian officials say Russian guided aerial bombs hit a residential building in Kharkiv,

00:07Ukraine's second-largest city about 30 kilometers from the border with Russia.

00:11A part of the building's façade was shattered, several people were killed and dozens of other

00:16people were injured.

00:19This is one more terrorist attack, a precision attack on civilian infrastructure.

00:28There is nothing of military interest in this district.

00:33The attack prompted the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to call for more help to

00:37deal with the growing threat of such weapons.

00:40Just since the beginning of June, Russians have used more than 2,400 guided aerial bombs

00:47on Ukraine, including about 700 on the Kharkiv region, on our positions, on our cities and

00:55communities in the Kharkiv region.

00:59Russia has relied increasingly on use of guided bombs dropped from a distance and involving

01:03fewer of its forces.

01:05Prior to this latest attack, Ukraine reported that Russia carried out cruise missile and

01:09drone attacks on energy infrastructure in several regions overnight Friday to Saturday.

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