Russian air attacks across Ukraine kill at least four, damaging a maternity hospital and port infrastructure as Kyiv intercepts hundreds of drones.
ODESA: Russian air attacks across Ukraine early Saturday killed at least four people and damaged critical infrastructure including a port and a maternity hospital.
In the southern port city of Odesa, two people were killed and at least 13 wounded. Sergiy Lysak, head of the city’s military administration, said one of the hits damaged a maternity hospital.
“There was no military purpose whatsoever — this was pure terror against ordinary civilian life,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media about the strikes on Odesa.
A port in the Odesa region was also damaged after several hits were recorded on its infrastructure, according to Ukraine’s state ports authority.
Russia launched 273 drones at Ukraine overnight, with 252 shot down according to the Ukrainian air force.
In Kryvyi Rig, a man was killed in a morning strike that hit an industrial enterprise, said Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the Dnipro regional administration.
In the central Poltava region, one person was killed after Russian drones hit a residential building and industrial facilities.
State oil firm Naftogaz said the victim was its employee, 55-year-old Roman Chmykhun. The company said its facilities in the region were targeted “for the third day running”.
In Russia’s Yaroslavl region, a child was killed in a drone attack, regional governor Mikhail Evraev said on Telegram.
Moscow said a total of 155 Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed in Russia’s airspace overnight.
