
A Russian missile strike has destroyed houses and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern metropolis of Mykolaiv, native officers say.
At the very least three civilians had been reported injured within the metropolis close to the Black Sea, which has been repeatedly shelled by Russian forces. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service posted photographs of firefighters on the scene after the missile strike.
Early on Sunday an enormous oil depot fireplace was raging close to Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi – blamed by the Russian authorities on a Ukrainian drone assault. Sochi’s airport in the identical space – Adler district – suspended flights.
Krasnodar Area Governor Veniamin Kondratyev mentioned on Telegram that drone particles had hit a gas tank, and 127 firefighters had been tackling the blaze.
The drone assault was considered one of a number of launched by Ukraine over the weekend, focusing on installations within the southern Russian cities of Ryazan, Penza and Voronezh. The governor of Voronezh mentioned 4 individuals had been injured in a single drone strike.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky referred to as for stronger worldwide sanctions on Russia this week after a lethal assault on Kyiv on Thursday killed at the very least 31 individuals.
Greater than 300 drones and eight cruise missiles had been launched within the assault, Ukrainian officers mentioned, making the assault one of many deadliest on the capital since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.