Strikes on two Ukrainian cities early Saturday killed three people and wounded at least 13 others, local authorities said, as Russia’s war with Ukraine continued apace despite global attention on the Middle East.
The attacks hit Odesa and Kryvyi Rih, damaging residential areas, a maternity hospital and an industrial site.
In Odesa, one person died in hospital from injuries sustained in overnight strikes, according to Sergiy Lysak, head of the city’s military administration.
He said 11 people were wounded, including a child, and reported damage to a maternity hospital roof, high-rise buildings and homes in several districts.
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Lysak said fires broke out on upper floors of apartment blocks, while cars were damaged and residential buildings had shattered windows and broken balconies.
In Kryvyi Rih, two men were killed and two wounded in a morning strike that hit an industrial enterprise, said Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the Dnipro regional administration. He said fires erupted at the site.
“Last night, the Russians launched a massive strike on Odesa,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on X. “There was no military purpose whatsoever – this was pure terror against ordinary civilian life.”
On the Russian side, a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia’s Yaroslavl region north-east of Moscow killed a child and injured three people, while causing damage to several residential buildings, according to the local governor, Mikhail Yevrayev.
“A child who was in one of the private houses in the suburban district of Yaroslavl region at the time of the attack has died,” the governor, Yevrayev, said on his Telegram channel.
“His parents have been hospitalised in a serious condition. A woman living in a neighbouring house was also injured. They are receiving all necessary medical care,” he added.
He said Russian air defence units had repelled more than 30 Ukrainian drones during the attack.
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday that a total of 155 Ukrainian drones had been repelled and destroyed overnight over a number of Russian regions, including the Moscow region.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP and Reuters)
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