At least seven people have been killed in an overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine's north-eastern city of Kharkiv, a baby and two children - aged four and seven - were among the victims. Photos from the city near the Russian border show a number of houses on fire after a petrol station was hit. Visibly emotional, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said "the Russian aggressor is ruining our city. But we will overcome. We will win," he said in a video message. He added that 14 houses were set ablaze.

Four people were injured in Odesa due to a Russian drone attack. The wreckage of one of the downed UAVs damaged the technical structure of the port infrastructure, one of the company's employees received a shrapnel wound. The man was hospitalized. The enemy directed the second and third waves of attacks on the port infrastructure of the Danube - air defense forces destroyed 12 drones. Three people, employees of near-port enterprises, were injured. The men received numerous shrapnel wounds and mine-explosive injuries. All are hospitalized. One of the victims is in serious condition.

A man stands near a ditch in the yard of a residential building damaged by a drone attack in Odesa on January 17, 2024

Also, according to the head of Odesa OVA, the Russian army struck the civilian infrastructure of Izmail - damaged technical premises of industrial and service facilities, road surface, trucks and cars, windows were broken in several residential buildings, facades and roofs were broken.

Russia's military has made no public comments on the reported strikes.