Russia launched new strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise apartment buildings, leaving at least 21 wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack, authorities said.

A late-night strike on a residential neighbourhood of the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv wounded 21 people, Kyiv said Sunday. The strike hit late on Saturday, hours after Russian attacks killed five people -- including two children -- in central Ukraine.

The bombs fell Saturday night in Kharkiv, the second-largest Ukrainian city, damaging 18 buildings north of its center, the city council said.

Russian strikes have hit high-rise apartment blocks in Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv, leaving dozens wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack this past week.

Russia launched new strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise apartment buildings, leaving at least 21 wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack, authorities said.

Russian forces launched a guided aerial bomb attack on the city of Kharkiv on Saturday evening and struck an apartment block, leaving at least 12 civilians injured. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast State Administration;