A Russian drone barrage targeted the center of Kharkiv on Friday, injuring nine people and damaging a maternity hospital in Ukraine's second-largest city, officials said.

A Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Friday damaged a maternity hospital, authorities said, terrifying patients as windows shattered and shards of glass fell on to the beds, leaving families rushing to shelter their babies.

Russian forces conducted a combined attack on the city of Kharkiv using guided aerial bombs and drones on the morning of 11-12 July. A critical infrastructure facility and residential buildings have been damaged as well as at least two people have been injured.