Kiev, 7 June 2025 (dpa/MIA) - Ukrainian authorities reported several casualties early on Saturday following heavy Russian airstrikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

In a post on Telegram, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said three people were killed and 17 others injured in what he called the most powerful Russian attack on the city since the war began more than three years ago.

Terekhov said Kharkiv was hit by 48 Shahed drones, two missiles and four guided bombs.

"Kharkiv is experiencing the most powerful attack in the entire history of the full-scale war," he said.

During the course of the Ukraine war, now in it's fourth year, Russia has illegally annexed four eastern Ukrainian territories, as well as in 2014 occupying the Crimean peninsula to the south.

The Kharkiv region borders the front line to the east, with the Russian border to the north, and is often the target of Russian attacks.

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