According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian airstrikes in southern Ukraine resulted in several deaths within 24 hours. One person was killed in the bombing of a residential area in Kryvyi Rih, police said on Saturday. According to the Ukrainian presidency, another was killed and one was injured in the shelling of the Kherson region.
In Kryvyi Rih, hometown of the Ukrainian president Volodymir ZelenskyAccording to authorities, a 57-year-old woman was seriously injured by shrapnel. She was taken to a hospital. A fire broke out in an industrial building in the city, following Russian bombing during the night, which, according to Ukrainian sources, destroyed “essential infrastructure”.
Also injured in Kharkiv and Donetsk
Injuries from Russian shelling were also reported in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions in the east of the country. According to the Ukrainian presidency, the industrial city of Avdiivka, the scene of violent fighting since mid-October, was among the targets.
Avdiivka has been contested since conflict with Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine began in 2014. According to the city administration, around 1,600 residents currently live in the industrial town with a large coke plant; Before the start of the Russian war of aggression in February 2022, there were more than 30,000.