KYIV: A Russian drone hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, killing five people and wounding 19, officials said, as Moscow pressed on with intensified daytime attacks.
The market, in Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, was hit at 9:50 am (0650 GMT), the local prosecutor's office said.
Regional governor, Oleksandr Ganja, said in a Telegram post that three women and two men were killed.
He added that a 14-year-old girl was among 19 wounded and was in a "critical condition".
Five people were also injured on Saturday morning in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, near the front line, regional police said.
