Russian drones struck Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Ukraine, on Friday morning, injuring at least three.
Friday’s attack followed a major aerial assault on Kyiv that left the city engulfed in flames.
Oleksandr Vilkul, Head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, announced the attack at around 10:49 a.m. on Telegram.
He said after the attack that three have been injured, though none are in critical condition – he later updated the figure to six via another update.
Vikul added that a “civilian infrastructure” target was hit, causing a large fire.
“Three injured at the moment, not serious. Hitting a civilian infrastructure facility. Large fire. We are all working on site,” the initial update states.
Vikul also issued an update at 12:16 p.m. that the city’s light rail would be inoperational “for several hours,” presumably due to the attack.
Ukraine’s Eastern Air Command said Russia also launched an “aerial target” towards Kryvyi Rih, presumably via a Su-34 fighter-bomber, on Friday morning.
It said the unidentified object was detected in Ukrainian airspace and struck Kryvyi Rih at 11:38 a.m., and authorities are now examining the wreckage.
“At around 11:25, an aerial target launched from an enemy tactical aircraft, probably a Su-34, was detected in the airspace of the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region,” the command said on Facebook.
“The target flew over 100 kilometers (62 miles) and hit near the city of Kryvyi Rih at 11:38 a.m.,” it added.
The attack followed another attack on Monday, June 30, that struck near a military recruitment center in the city, injuring at least three civilians, according to official reports at the time.
Kryvyi Rih has been a frequent target of Russian attacks.
In April, the city announced a half-week mourning after a Russian missile killed 18, including nine children, after it struck a residential area near a children’s playground.
After the attack, former US Ambassador to Kyiv Bridget Brink posted a social media update by calling the attack “horrible” without referencing Russia, which prompted Kyiv to criticize the reaction as “weak.”
“Such a strong country, such a strong people – and such a weak reaction,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote at the time.
Brink later resigned and, after a few months, published an opinion piece in which she said she resigned in protest against the Trump administration’s stance on Ukraine.
“I cannot stand by while a country is invaded, a democracy bombarded, and children killed with impunity,” the former ambassador said in the Detroit Free Press.