One person has been killed and at least 24 wounded in a drone and missile attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, regional officials said while blaming Russia for the attack.
More than 20,000 residents were also left without power and 17,000 without heating as a result of the overnight attack, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov, who said an energy facility had been destroyed.
He added that a 47-year-old man was killed in the attack and at least four emergency workers, as well as a two-month-old baby, were among those injured.
“Residential buildings… were damaged by a strike. The blast wave broke out windows and damaged a roof,” Fedorov said on Telegram.
Later, Ukraine’s military said it shot down 57 out of 92 drones launched by Russian forces’ overnight attack, adding that another 27 drones had been “locationally lost” and did not cause any damage.
Thursday’s deadly strike was the latest in an intensifying exchange in southern Ukraine, as both Moscow and Kyiv vie for advantage in the early days of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
On Wednesday, Trump stepped up the pressure on Vladimir Putin to make a peace deal with Ukraine, threatening tougher economic measures if Moscow does not agree to end the nearly three-year-old war.
Prior to his inauguration on Monday, Trump had pledged to end the Ukraine war immediately upon taking office, raising expectations he would leverage aid to force Kyiv to make concessions to Russia, which invaded in February 2022.
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