Russian drones, missiles strike residential buildings in multiple Ukrainian regions, injuring at least 20
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Editor's note: A previous version of this story wrote that three people have been injured in Odesa. Officials have since reported that the actual number of injured victims is two.
Russian forces launched a combined drone and missile attack on Ukraine's central and southern regions overnight on May 18, injuring at least 20 people, including two children, officials reported.
Multiple explosions were heard in the city of Dnipro between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. local time, public broadcaster Suspilne reported, as Ukraine's Air Force warned of Russian missiles approaching the city.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said that a strike was reported at a 24-storey residential building, with several fires reported burning throughout the city.
At least 18 people, including two child, were injured in Dnipro, with eight of the injured victims requiring hospitalization classified as in moderate condition, Hanzha added.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, Russian drones struck residential buildings in the southern port city of Odesa, injuring an 11-year-old boy as well as a 59-year-old man, Serhii Lysak, head of the local military administration, reported.
The attack struck the Prymorskyi and Kyivskyi districts of Odesa and damaged an educational lecture hall as well as a kindergarten in the area, Lysak added.
The full extent of the damage caused was not immediately clear.
Russia regularly launches strikes on Odesa and Dnipro as it continues to target Ukraine’s energy, transport, and civilian infrastructure in regular overnight attacks.
