Russian drone strikes hit Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv in several waves on Monday (October 12) evening, sparking fires and injuring residents as emergency crews worked through the night to rescue people trapped inside.

Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces reportedly used 10 Banderol-type missiles in the attack, according to local media reports. Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram that the attacks killed three people.

Footage from the scene showed flames engulfing parts of a residential building, vehicles burning and firefighters battling blazes amid the rubble. Emergency responders carried injured residents on stretchers to waiting ambulances.

Ukraine's Emergency Services said 11 people had been injured in evening attacks, including one strike which triggered the collapse of an entrance to an apartment building. Further strikes in the morning wounded at least 22.

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KHARKIV, UKRAINE (OCTOBER 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. FIRES BURNING, SMOKE RISING AT APARTMENT BUILDING AFTER RUSSIAN DRONE STRIKE

2. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS WORKING ON SITE AFTER RUSSIAN DRONE STRIKE

3. VARIOUS OF VEHICLES BURNING

4. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS PUTTING OUT FIRES

5. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS PUTTING OUT FIRES IN BUILDING DESTROYED BY RUSSIAN ATTACK

6. FIREFIGHTERS HOLDING FIRE HOSE, SURVEYING DESTROYED BUILDING

7. FIREFIGHTER PUTTING OUT FIRE

8. FIRE BURNING IN BUILDING BEING PUT OUT

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) MEMBER OF RED CROSS RAPID RESPONSE TEAM IN KHARKIV REGION, IGOR YAKOVLEV, SAYING:

"After the strike, we came here right away; the front door was blocked, people were trapped inside, there was a fire, and the gas hadn’t been shut off. We started breaking down the door and pulling people out. Then, from under the rubble, we also pulled out a man who was in serious condition and transferred him to an ambulance."

10. RESIDENTS LOOKING ON IN AFTERMATH OF ATTACK

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) MEMBER OF RED CROSS RAPID RESPONSE TEAM IN KHARKIV REGION, IGOR YAKOVLEV, SAYING:

“There were many injured; the entire building was residential, and there were a lot of people—two, three, or four people in each apartment.”

12. RESCUERS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS LEAVING DESTROYED BUILDING

13. RESCUERS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WALKING

14. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WORKING ON SITE

15. RESIDENT OF DESTROYED BUILDING, DMYTRO PANAMARENKO, SAYING (Russian): “Dmitrievna, are you alive? We’ll get you out right now!”

16. BLUE KICK SCOOTER LYING AMONG DEBRIS

17. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RESIDENT OF DESTROYED BUILDING, DMYTRO PANAMARENKO, SAYING:

“I was lying here, (looking) at my tablet. My wife was giving our child a bath. I took a lamp into the bathroom for them, and that’s when this happened."

OFF-CAMERA REPORTER ASKING: “How’s the child? How’s the wife?”

PANAMARENKO SAYING: “I got them out. Everything’s fine. They’re under acute stress. We’re digging my mother-in-law out now.”

18. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CLEARING DEBRIS IN BUILDING

19. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) 70-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF DESTROYED BUILDING, LARISA MAKSIMENKO, SAYING:

“I put my husband to bed. I washed him and dressed him. He’s bedridden, a non-verbal disabled person confined to bed. I washed him and tucked him in. I went into the kitchen to put the kettle on so I could have a cup of coffee. Then I realised I was on fire. Then I felt something falling on me. I regained consciousness – I was alive but under rubble. I was in blood, whatever I was wearing. I was badly burnt. Then shards of glass started falling, then the ceiling and walls started falling, and I was simply in a panic, thinking I had to save my husband."

20. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) 70-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF DESTROYED BUILDING, LARISA MAKSIMENKO, SAYING:

“I couldn’t reach him. I tried to put it out as best I could because it was on fire. I got burned myself, as you can see.”

21. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) 70-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF DESTROYED BUILDING, LARISA MAKSIMENKO, SAYING:

“Well, they broke through the bars and pulled my husband out through the window—they got him out quickly into ambulance.”

22. CLOCK LYING IN DEBRIS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WALKING PAST

23. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, FIREFIGHTERS WORKING ON SITE

24. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CARRYING INJURED ON STRETCHER TO AMBULANCE

25. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TENDING TO CO-WORKER

26. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS

27. FIREFIGHTER ON LADDER, SMOKE COMING OUT OF BUILDING WINDOW

28. EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES ON BOTH SIDES OF STREET

29. TWO PEOPLE WALKING NEXT TO RED FIRE TRUCK