Russia shoots down 33 Ukrainian drones hours after deadly Kharkiv bomb attack

A rescue worker with a dog searches for victims in a damaged apartment building after it was hit by Russian air bomb in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday (Andrii Marienko/AP)

Russian authorities have said more than 30 drones were shot down over the country’s western regions overnight into Sunday, just hours after a Russian bomb attack on Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv killed three people and left dozens in hospital.

One of the four aerial bombs hit a five-storey residential building on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said 41 people are still being treated for injuries.