Key facts
- Russian attacks resulted in three fatalities across eastern Ukraine on Thursday.
- One person died in attacks near Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region.
- A seven-year-old child was killed and two others injured near Synelnykove.
- In the Donetsk region, one person was killed and two injured in Oleksandrivka.
- Another fatality was reported southwest of Donetsk city.
- A Ukrainian drone strike injured nine people in the Luhansk region.
Russian attacks claimed three lives across different eastern Ukrainian regions on Thursday, according to regional officials. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, one person died in attacks near Nikopol, a town situated across the Dnipro River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Three others were injured in the Nikopol area. Further northeast, near Synelnykove, a seven-year-old child was killed and two other children were injured.
In the Donetsk region, a focal point of the conflict, Russian forces conducted seven bombings on Oleksandrivka, resulting in one fatality and two injuries, stated Governor Vadym Filashkin. An additional death was reported southwest of the city of Donetsk by Moscow-installed authorities. Meanwhile, in the Luhansk region, which Russia claims to fully control, officials reported that a Ukrainian drone strike on a minibus injured nine people.
Reuters was unable to independently verify the accounts provided by both sides.