KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile attack on infrastructure in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region has killed at least two people and wounded three, Governor Oleh Shynievbov said Saturday.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities confirmed the death toll from Friday’s Russian attack on the city of Mykolaiv had risen to four, with the city’s mayor, Oleksandr Shenkevich, saying children were among the victims.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted about the attack on Mykolaiv on social media, saying bullets had hit a playground next to an apartment building.
“Every day, Russia proves with terrorism that ‘pressure’ alone is not enough,” he said. “Such destruction of life must stop. New solutions are needed to support defense. Russia must realize the power of the world.”
The Ukrainian Air Force said on Saturday that Russia had fired four missiles and 17 drones overnight, 13 of which were shot down.
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Governor Philip Pronin said the attack left thousands of people without power or water in the central Ukrainian region of Poltava as Russia continues to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, causing power outages across the country.
A Russian military onslaught in recent months has forced Kiev’s forces to withdraw from several towns and villages in the eastern Donetsk region.
The latest targets are the mining towns of Tretsk and Pokrovsk, where Russia has stepped up attacks. The Ukrainian General Staff said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had repelled 20 and 27 attacks on those areas respectively in 24 hours, nearly double the number of attacks recorded in other conflict zones along the front line, the military said.
The Russian Defense Ministry also said on Saturday that it had shot down 26 Ukrainian drones over Rostov Oblast in southern Russia, hundreds of kilometers from the front line. It also said three drones were shot down over Belgorod Oblast and one over Smolensk Oblast. No casualties were reported.
