Dnipro bore the brunt of the attacks but Odesa and Kharkiv were also targeted in largest onslaught for several days
Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine killed at least seven people overnight, including five in the city of Dnipro, Ukrainian local authorities have said.
Reports say that at least 34 people have been injured in the strikes, which lasted “practically all night”, according to the Dnipropetrovsk regional head, Oleksandr Hanzha. The bodies of four people were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in the attacks, and workers continued to search for bodies on Saturday morning.
“The Russians have been hitting Dnipro and other cities and communities practically all night,” Hanzha wrote on Telegram. Fires reportedly broke out across the city as a result of the strikes, and partly destroyed several blocks of flats, businesses and a private house.
Separately, another person was killed in a Russian strike in the region on Saturday afternoon, according to Hanzha, in the same residential area hit by the earlier attacks. Odesa and Kharkiv were also targeted by drones, according to Ukraine, where at least three people were injured.
