Shahed drone strike on Kharkiv: cars ablaze – photo
![Shahed drone strike on Kharkiv: cars ablaze – photo](https://img.pravda.com/images/doc/8/1/819ad62-harkiv1300sus_690x387.jpg)
Explosions were heard in Kharkiv on the night of 1-2 March. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported a strike, and eyewitnesses said there was a fire in the city centre.
Source: Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne; Ukrainian Air Force; Terekhov on Telegram
Details: An air-raid warning has been in place for over an hour in Kharkiv, Poltava and Sumy oblasts. At 23:53, the Air Force reported a group of Shahed drones approaching Kharkiv from the north.
![Фото: Суспільне Харків](http://img.pravda.com/images/doc/e/d/edce579-photo-2024-03-01-17-05-22.jpg)
Updated at 00:17: Terekhov confirmed that Russian drones are attempting to attack the city.
![Фото: Суспільне Харків](http://img.pravda.com/images/doc/0/0/00af52e-photo-2024-03-01-17-05-22--2-.jpg)
The mayor said there had been strikes on one of the city's districts. Information on casualties and damage is being established.
![Фото: Суспільне Харків](http://img.pravda.com/images/doc/1/4/14b7e39-photo-2024-03-01-17-05-23.jpg)
There is a fire at the site of a strike, and windows in the surrounding buildings have shattered.
![Фото: Суспільне Харків](http://img.pravda.com/images/doc/3/2/32819de-photo-2024-03-01-17-05-24.jpg)
Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, added that two cars were ablaze. Emergency service workers are checking nearby buildings for casualties.
"Шахеди" атакували Харків: у місті горіли автомобілі pic.twitter.com/mfE4nS6jNj
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At 00:34, Syniehubov said that there were no casualties so far. Windows have been smashed in several high-rise buildings, two cars were burnt out, and garages have been damaged. Work on dealing with the aftermath is ongoing.
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