Six Injured In Russian Drone Strikes In Northeastern, Central Ukraine.

At least six people have been injured as a result of an overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv and central Dnipropetrovsk regions, according to regional officials.

The Ukrainian Air Force said on May 4 that 13 drones launched by Russia had been shot down, but regional officials said that debris caused injuries and hit critical infrastructure and commercial and residential buildings.

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Kharkiv regional Governor Oleh Synyehubov, writing on Telegram, said a 13-year-old child and a woman had been hospitalized due to injuries sustained in the strikes.

Emergency services were bringing a fire at an office building hit by debris under control, Synyehubov added.
Two people were reported injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Governor Serhiy Lysak. He said infrastructure and three houses were damaged.

Russia has recently intensified its attacks on the Kharkiv region, whose capital lies just 30 kilometers from the Russian border. Ukrainian troops recaptured substantial amounts of territory in the region in the fall of 2022.

Kharkiv has been targeted by Russian drones and missiles nearly every day for months, raising fears that Moscow could be planning a renewed campaign to capture it.

Major General Vadym Skibitskiy said on May 3 that Russia, which launched the full-scale invasion against Ukraine in February 2022, is trying to exploit its current advantage in weapons and manpower.

"Our problem is very simple: We have no weapons," Skibitskiy was quoted as saying in an interview with The Economist.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has continued to press for the speedy delivery of promised Western military aid, singling out the need for armored vehicles, ammunition, and missiles.

Zelenskiy has said he expects Russia to launch a major spring and summer offensive.

In April he claimed that Moscow aims to occupy the city of Chasiv Yar, a city in the eastern Donetsk region that has come under direct Russian assault, before May 9.

That is the day Russia celebrates Victory Day, in honor of the defeat of Germany in World War II.