Key facts
- Russian bomb attacks injured dozens in eastern Ukrainian cities on Thursday.
- In Zaporizhzhia, five guided bombs hit residences and a medical facility, injuring 15 people.
- In Sloviansk, two aerial bombs injured 14 people and damaged apartment buildings.
- Russia has recently conducted widespread ballistic missile and drone strikes across Ukraine.
- Recent strikes have resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries in cities including Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy.
Russian bomb attacks injured dozens of people and seriously damaged residential buildings in eastern Ukrainian cities on Thursday, officials said. In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, five guided bombs hit residences and a medical facility, injuring 15 people, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov. Pictures posted on Telegram showed shattered apartment buildings.
Zaporizhzhia has faced increased Russian attacks in recent months. The region is one of four annexed by Russia, though Ukrainian forces control significant portions.
In Sloviansk, a city in the eastern Donetsk region, two aerial bombs injured 14 people and damaged seven apartment buildings, said Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin. Pictures depicted one building with a collapsed section.
Reuters could not independently confirm the accounts. Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians.
Separately, Russia carried out a wave of ballistic missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens. Four people were killed in Kharkiv, an elderly woman died in Kyiv, two more in Zaporizhzhia, and one in Sumy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the Kyiv raid as "one of the most massive ballistic attacks" since the full-scale invasion.
Ukraine's navy reported five deaths when a Turkish-owned civilian cargo ship with grain was hit by Russian missiles in the Black Sea. Ukraine also claimed to have hit three Russian oil tankers and three oil depots in the southern Stavropol region, targeting facilities that "finance Russian aggression." The Caspian Pipeline Consortium reported its terminal was hit, damaging two tankers and suspending oil loading operations. A drone attack caused a fire in an industrial park in Stavropol.
In Kyiv, both residential and non-residential buildings, including a supermarket and a dormitory, were damaged. Seven deaths and 25 injuries occurred at a facility in Tambov, Russia, and one death and 37 injuries at a Wildberries warehouse in Elektrostal.
Ukraine has recently intensified its long-range drone attacks on Russia's critical energy infrastructure, with Kyiv claiming nearly 43% of Russia's oil refining capacity has been "disabled."