Officials claimed Russia’s latest midnight air assault on Ukraine killed three people early Saturday.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko claimed missiles hit at least five districts and killed three and wounded eight after a high-rise in Kyiv was hit.
“Terrorists do this. “Russian style,” he wrote on Telegram.
In a separate post, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, stated missile pieces caused the damage and that air defenses had shot down more than 20 missiles around the city.
On Saturday morning, emergency responders sifted through wreckage beside a large hole in the building.
Dnipropetrovsk officials reported eight wounded, two children, and several buildings demolished.
Governor Serhiy Lysak said air defenses destroyed nine missiles and three drones but impacted residential buildings in Dnipro and an unknown infrastructure object.
“Not a single military target,” stated Mayor Borys Filatov on Telegram.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov said at least three Russian missiles hit Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, with one igniting a gas line. He stated emergency services were there but didn’t specify casualties.
Other cities reported explosions without injuries or damage.
In May, Moscow increased air strikes on Ukraine as Kyiv prepared a counteroffensive to recover Russian-occupied territory in the east and south.
