Russian strikes in Ukraine have killed at least eight people and injured dozens, with a fresh attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv leaving 22 people wounded, including six children.
A guided aerial bomb hit an apartment block early on Monday, destroying two floors of the multi-storey building, according to Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekov.
The latest bombardment came less than a day after attacks were reported across the country, including in Sumy, Odesa, Kyiv and the southern Zaporizhia region.
In Sumy, three people, including a 16-year-old girl, were killed in air strikes which damaged a children’s centre, Ukrainian interior minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said.
Authorities in the Odesa region said a “massive strike” killed one person and damaged residential buildings, a shop, a hotel, a medical building and a grain warehouse.
In Kyiv, a woman and two 16-year-olds were injured and taken to hospital. The city administration said 16 sites had been damaged, including 12 houses, a warehouse and a production facility.
“The enemy continues to relentlessly attack the Kyiv region with strike drones,” the administration said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said three people had been killed in strikes in Zaporizhia and that a Russian drone attack had killed one man in Kyiv.
Russian attacks across Ukraine
Mr Zelenskyy said Russia had launched more than 2,200 attack drones, 1,630 aerial bombs and 38 missiles of various types against Ukraine in the past week.
He later said: “If Russia were truly preparing for any real steps towards de-escalation, as it claims, particularly to American negotiators, this wave of Shahed terror would not be happening.”
Russia’s defence ministry said it had struck a Kyivstar data centre in Kyiv and another facility belonging to Omega Telecom, alleging that both companies provided services to the Ukrainian army.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Saturday that Moscow intended to continue its military campaign “to the end”.
Ukrainian drones also struck an oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region on Monday, according to local reports. Footage published by a Ukrainian Telegram channel showed a large fire at what was identified as the Pavlovskaya oil depot; no injuries were reported.
Ukraine has intensified attacks on Russian oil infrastructure in recent weeks, while United States-led efforts to end the war have failed to produce a breakthrough. Both sides deny targeting civilians.
