{"id":48460,"date":"2025-05-03T06:10:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T10:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/russian-black-sea-coast-targeted-kharkhiv-hit-by-drones\/03\/05\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T06:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T10:10:41","slug":"russian-black-sea-coast-targeted-kharkhiv-hit-by-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/russian-black-sea-coast-targeted-kharkhiv-hit-by-drones\/03\/05\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Black Sea coast targeted, Kharkhiv hit by drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Russian region of Krasnodar on the Black Sea has come under attack, local Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said early on Saturday, hours after Ukraine reported a large-scale drone strike on the city of Kharkhiv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Russian port city of Novorossiysk had been particularly badly hit, Kondratyev wrote on Telegram. There had been a fire at a grain terminal and damage to three blocks of flats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the mayor Andrei Kravchenko, five people were injured, including two children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Russian Defence Ministry said that 170 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted over five Russian regions and the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The military data cannot be verified in detail, but the numbers allow conclusions to be drawn about the scale of the attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for more than three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As part of its defence campaign, it also repeatedly attacks targets in Russia. The damage and casualties are far smaller than the devastating consequences of the Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukrainian authorities in the city of Kharkhiv said overnight that almost 50 people had been injured in a large-scale attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Regional military administrator Oleh Syniehubov said that Russia used 11 bombs and 52 drones of various types to hit 12 locations in four separate districts of the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Syniehubov, residential buildings, civilian infrastructure and cars were damaged. The information ffrom the Ukrainian side could not initially be independently verified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Ukrainian air force wrote on Telegram in the morning that Russia had shot two ballistic missiles and used 183 drones. Of these, 77 had been shot down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There were no military targets, nor could there have been,&#8221; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a social media post reacting to the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;While the world hesitates with decisions, nearly every night in Ukraine turns into a nightmare, costing lives,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>First responders help a man with a bandaged head outside an apartment block damaged by a large-scale Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia. 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