Russia launched a new wave of overnight attacks across southern and central Ukraine, striking Zaporizhzhia with air-dropped bombs for a second night in a row and hitting several other regions with drones and artillery, officials said Tuesday. At least two people were killed and several others injured.
In Zaporizhzhia, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said six bombs hit the city, destroying a private home and killing a man whose body was recovered from the rubble. Fires broke out in residential areas and at industrial sites.
He said Russia carried out 20 airstrikes in the region in the past 24 hours, damaging more than 200 homes and infrastructure facilities.
The attacks followed Monday’s bombardment of Zaporizhzhia, when Russian forces dropped 10 guided bombs, killing three people and wounding four.
Elsewhere, Ukraine’s emergency service reported that drones hit an infrastructure facility in the Kirovohrad region, sparking a fire but causing no casualties.
In the Odesa region, one woman was killed and three people were wounded when Russian drones set fire to five market stalls. A hotel, a post office, a telecom building, a cultural center, an administrative services hub, and several cars were also damaged.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, artillery and drones struck several districts. Fires broke out in homes, farm buildings and a private household, but were quickly extinguished by emergency crews. No casualties were immediately reported.
President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the latest strikes, saying Russia’s attacks target civilians and infrastructure without military purpose. “It is only cruelty to intimidate,” he said, urging Ukraine’s allies to step up support.