The number of victims in the Russian drone attack in the area of the town of Sinelnikovo in Ukraine's southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region has risen to 4 people, Ukrinform and Reuters reported, referring to a message on "Telegram" by the head of the regional military administration Oleksandr Khanzha.
„According to updated information, as a result of enemy attacks in the Sinelnikovo region, 4 people were killed and three were wounded“, the regional governor wrote.
Khanzha indicated that in the evening Russian forces struck three small settlements near Sinelnikovo, east of the large regional Ukrainian center Dnieper.
In one of the settlements, a man was killed and his wife was wounded. In another, Russian forces killed a married couple and their 45-year-old son. One man was wounded. In addition, a woman was wounded in another settlement.
According to the regional governor, Russian strikes hit the settlements of Rozdory, Pokrovsk, Vasylkovka and Bogdanovka in the Sinelnikovo region. Fires broke out and two residential buildings were destroyed.
Russian forces also attacked Nikopol and the surrounding settlements of Marganets, Mirovo, Chervonogrigorovka, and Pokrovske. A hospital, residential buildings and vehicles were damaged, and a bus was destroyed.
The Ukrainian capital Kiev was hit by a Russian air strike early this morning, the head of the city's military administration Timur Tkachenko said on the Telegram app, quoted by Reuters.
Witnesses told the agency that they heard explosions in the city.
Russia is once again attacking Odessa, the head of the Odessa city military administration, Sergei Lysak, said on his Telegram channel.
One person was injured, and damage was caused to infrastructure facilities in the city, as well as to a business center. Emergency services rescuers are working on the ground.
According to local channels, 15 explosions were heard in the Ukrainian Black Sea city for about half an hour, and a large-scale fire broke out in one of the city's districts.