Ukraine: 8 dead and 18 injured in Russian night strikes

– Russian night strikes leave at least 8 dead and 18 injured

On the night of Thursday to Friday, southern Ukraine was again hit by an attack by Russia, resulting in the death of at least eight people.

Published today at 8:35 a.m.

On March 12, 2024, Kryvyi Rih had already been the target of a Russian attack causing human and material damage including this residential building in flames (pretext photo)

UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP

At least eight people, including two children, were killed and 18 others injured in Russian strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region (center-east), according to a new report announced Friday morning by the Minister of the Interior.

In the Synelnykové district, “more than ten houses were damaged” and “six people died, including children aged six and eight,” Minister Igor Klymenko said on Telegram. In the city of Dnipro, the regional capital, two people were killed and 16 others injured, he added.

“A five-story building is on fire in Dnipro. It is partially destroyed. There could be people under the rubble,” regional governor Serguiï Lysak wrote on his Telegram account, who also reported damage in the Kryvyi Rih district, southwest of Dnipro.

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In Kryvyi Rih, west of Dnipro, three people – two men and a woman – were injured in a strike against the town’s infrastructure, the head of the local military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, said on Telegram.

In Russia, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced that 25 projectiles had been shot down as they headed towards this town near the Ukrainian border.

No injuries were reported, Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram, but several buildings suffered damage such as fires or broken windows.