Two children among injured in Russia's overnight attack on Kharkiv region, Ukraine says

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(Reuters) -Two children were among several people injured in Russia's largest air attack on the Ukrainian town of Lozova since the war began, the head of the local administration said on Tuesday.
"Critical infrastructure, apartment buildings and private homes have been damaged," Serhiy Zelenskiy, the head of the city's council, said on the Telegram messaging app.
"Lozova has endured the largest attack since the beginning of the war," he said, adding several people including two children were wounded in the town in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv.
The scale of the attack on the town, which had a pre-war population of about 55,000, was not immediately clear.
Reuters could not independently verify Zelenskiy's report. There was no immediate comment from Russia. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia launched with a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The Kharkiv region, which lies near the border with Russia, has been the target of regular Russian drone and missile attacks since the start of the war.
Parts of Lozova, a town in the southern parts of the Kharkiv region, were left without power and water supply, Zelenskiy said.
"We will persevere!" he added.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Saad Sayeed)