Kharkiv: Seven 'burned alive' as Russian drones hit oil depot - BBC News

Three children are among the dead as one street turns "into a hellish melted mass", Ukraine's police say.

16 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, ReutersImage caption, As many as 15 houses on one street burned completely after the Russian attack, Kharkiv officials sayBy Jaroslav LukivBBC NewsSeven people have been killed in a Russian drone attack that caused a huge blaze in Ukraine's north-eastern city of Kharkiv, local officials say.

Among the victims were two parents with their three young boys who "burned alive" in their house, regional deputy police chief Serhiy Blovinov said.

"One whole street... turned into a hellish melted mass," he told Ukrainian TV after the Friday night attack.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said 15 private houses had burned completely.

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed a "just response" to Russian "terror".

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