At least four dead as Russian Shahed drone hits apartment building

Rescuers search for civilians who were killed when a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Sumy (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

A Russian drone blasted a hole in an apartment building in north-eastern Ukraine during a night-time attack, killing at least four people and injuring nine others, officials said on Thursday.

The Shahed drone blew out a wall and surrounding windows in the apartment block in Sumy, a major city, just after 1am, the Sumy regional administration said. A child was among the injured, it said.