Russian strikes kill six in southern Ukraine

Russian air strikes killed at least six people in southern Ukraine, authorities said Monday, a day after Moscow
and Kyiv launched record overnight drone attacks on each other.

Five people were killed in the southern city of Mykolaiv, according to the
regional governor, while a sixth died in Zaporizhzhia in an attack that
authorities said wounded more than a dozen.

“Five dead,” Mykolaiv Governor Vitaly Kim said early Monday on Telegram,
revising up an earlier toll of four after an attack that set several
residential buildings on fire.

About 300 kilometres (185 miles) to the east in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s state
emergency services agency said Russia carried out three air strikes that
killed a man and damaged multiple buildings.

Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov said that 18 people were wounded,
including five children.

“Boys aged 4, 16 and 17 and girls aged 15 and 17 have received the necessary
medical assistance,” he said on Telegram.

Overnight Saturday into Sunday, Russia fired 145 drones at Ukraine, according
to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, more than any previous single
nighttime attack during the conflict.

Russia also said it had downed 34 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow on
Sunday, the largest attempted attack on the capital since the start of the
war in 2022. (BSS/AFP)