Three killed as Russia targets power facilities

KYIV: At least three people were killed in a Russian bomb attack on

Ukraine

's second city, Kharkiv, on Saturday afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Kremlin forces struck a residential area of Kharkiv with glide bombs, hours after a missile and drone barrage directed at Ukraine's already hobbled power system. Power grid equipment in the far western Lviv and southeastern Zaporizhzhia regions was hit by

Russian air strikes

.
Zelensky said Russia had deployed more than 2,400 guided bombs on Ukraine in June, with about 700 used on Kharkiv. He called on Western allies to deliver promised military aid packages without delay.