At least 8 people were killed and dozens were injured in Russian airstrikes in various parts of Ukraine overnight, DPA reported, citing Ukrainian authorities, BTA reported.
"Unfortunately, three people died tonight as a result of an enemy attack" in the Kiev region, the head of the regional military administration, Mykola Kalashnik, said on "Telegram". He added that at least 10 people were also injured, including two children.
Kalashnik noted that medical teams were still working in the areas affected by the attacks. "Enemy air strikes continue. "Please stay in safe places until the danger passes," the head of the regional military administration told residents of the Kiev region.
The mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, said that debris from an intercepted drone had fallen on a student dormitory and that another apartment building was damaged. Klitschko also urged people not to leave their shelters.
The head of the Kiev military administration, Timur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram that dozens of kamikaze drones had flown over the city.
One person was killed and five were injured in a drone attack on an apartment building in the southern city of Nikolaev, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported.
At least four people were killed in a Russian airstrike on the Khmelnytskyi region, wrote on Facebook. the head of the regional military administration, Sergei Tyurin. Five wounded people were taken to hospital, he added. The attack destroyed six residential buildings and damaged another 20 houses, the head of the regional military administration also wrote.
Kharkov and Odessa were also attacked by drones at night.
Russia and Ukraine are expected to continue the largest exchange of prisoners of war today. Each side released 307 people yesterday. Moscow and Kiev agreed this week to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war, with the first 390 people released on Friday.
It was the only concrete result of the first direct Russian-Ukrainian talks since 2022.