March 17 (UPI) -- Russian attacks on eastern and southern Ukraine, including almost 180 incoming drones overnight, killed at least 11 people and injured 55, authorities said.
The largest loss of life was in the frontline province of Donetsk where Gov. Vadym Filashkin said five people were killed in strikes on two villages near Krematorsk and a third village near Sloviansk and six people were injured in separate attacks across the region.
In Dnipropetrovsk, two people were killed and nine injured in Synelnykove district, 25 miles southeast of Dnipro, after three communities were targeted with drones, aerial bombs and artillery fire, Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration head Oleksandr Ganzha said in an update on social media.
"In total, 16 private houses were destroyed in the region, another 35 were damaged. A school and a fire station were damaged," wrote Ganzha.
A 10th person was hospitalized early Tuesday after civilian targets were struck in the Pavlohrad area of the province, east of Dnipro.
