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Russia fired a ballistic missile targeting the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv early on Sunday morning.
Authorities responding to the scene say at least five people were injured, three men and two women, and were transported to nearby hospitals for medical treatment. It’s not clear what the severity of their injuries are.
It’s the latest in a string of attacks which have targeted over 10 cities across the country. The Kremlin’s attacks over the past 24 hours, according to officials, have killed at least 10 people and injured over 70 others.
Ukraine’s Air Force says a barrage consisted of hundreds of drones and missiles was fired from Moscow. Kyiv says its aerial defences had detected at least 268 drones entering Ukrainian airspace on Saturday and into the early hours of Sunday, 249 of which were intercepted.
The Air Force reported that at least 19 drones – Iranian-made Shahed strike UAVs – and one ballistic missile did strike their targets, dispersed across 15 different locations.
Two people were killed in Dobropillia and Mykolaivka in Donetsk in the eastern Donbas region, according to regional Governor Vadym Filashkin. Nine others were injured in separate attacks on the region, considered the most active frontline in the war.
Two others were killed in attacks on the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, while a further five were injured, including a child. Three more were killed in Kherson, where Russian forces targeted residential areas in 39 settlements in the region.
Meanwhile, Ukraine says it is continuing to target Russian oil infrastructure, both on the ground, with attacks on refineries and depots, and also in the sea, as Kyiv announced its latest attack on oil vessels, suspected to be part of the Kremlin’s sanctions-evading shadow fleet.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says two vessels were struck in the early hours of Sunday “at the entrance to the port of Novorossiysk” in the Black Sea.
“These tankers had been actively used to transport oil – not anymore,” wrote the Ukrainian leader in a post on X.
“Ukraine’s long-range capabilities will continue to be developed comprehensively – at sea, in the air, and on land. Glory to Ukraine!”
The Novorossiysk port has been a repeated site of attack for Ukrainian forces, becoming one of Moscow’s central bases after Kyiv’s repeated attacks on the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
The port has gained importance to the Kremlin and is believed to now be serving as an oil, military and logistical hub. It’s also believed to be one of the centre points of Russia’s shadow fleet operations.
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