Overnight Russian attacks killed six people and wounded 19 in the southeastern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia and struck a children's hospital in the capital Kyiv, according to local officials and Ukraine's state emergency service.
Russian Attacks Kill Six in Zaporizhzhia, Strike Children's Hospital in Kyiv
Overnight Russian attacks killed six people and wounded 19 in the southeastern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia and struck a children's hospital in the capital Kyiv, according to local officials and Ukraine's state emergency service.
The head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration said Russia carried out what he described as a 'massive' attack using missiles and aerial bombs, killing six people and wounding 19. He said the strikes also caused power outages, and posted images to social media showing buildings and vehicles on fire.
In Kyiv, a ballistic missile strike hit a children's hospital in the Shevchenkivskyi district and caused a fire at a warehouse, injuring one person, according to Ukraine's state emergency service.
In the southern city of Mykolaiv, a Russian drone attack injured a 75-year-old woman, according to the head of that region's military administration.
Russia's Ministry of Defence said its overnight strikes targeted defence industry facilities and transport and logistics centres in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia.
In Russia, an overnight Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured two in the Voronezh region, according to regional governor Alexandr Gusev. He said falling debris triggered fires at warehouse facilities and that Russian air defence units destroyed 15 drones over the city of Voronezh and five districts of the region.
Gusev did not specify which warehouse was damaged. Russian online retailer Wildberries separately said its logistics facilities in Voronezh had been evacuated.
According to the article, Russia has increased ballistic missile attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, while Ukraine has escalated strikes into Russian territory.
- The source does not establish the identities or ages of those killed in Zaporizhzhia.
- The source does not establish the extent of damage to the children's hospital or whether patients were harmed.
- The source does not establish a confirmed causal link between Ukraine's Patriot interceptor shortage and the success of these specific attacks.
- The source does not establish whether Wildberries' Voronezh facility was the one damaged by drone debris, only that the company evacuated it.
- The source does not establish the identity of the person killed in the Voronezh drone attack.
- The source does not establish the total number of drones launched by Ukraine toward Voronezh, only the number reportedly destroyed.
- The source does not establish independent verification of either side's casualty or damage claims.
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