Russian strike damages Zaporizhzhia high-rise, five hurt, official says

A Russian strike hit a high-rise apartment block in Zaporizhzhia, a regional capital in southeastern Ukraine, on Monday evening, injuring five residents, Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the Zaporizhzhia regional defence council, said. Residents on one floor of the building were blocked in by the damage, and a rescue operation was under way, he said.

The strike hit the building at around 8.07pm local time, Fedorov said. Ukrainian outlet Censor.net had earlier, shortly after the strike, reported three people injured in the attack, a figure that Fedorov's later update from regional authorities revised upward as the scale of the damage became clearer.

Separately, Russian forces struck infrastructure facilities in the Zaporizhzhia region overnight, Ukrainian outlet NV.ua reported, citing local officials. The extent of the damage was still being assessed on Monday, with emergency crews working at the scene to determine exactly what had been hit and how widely power or other services had been affected.

Russian drones also targeted Kyiv on Monday evening, Ukrainian outlet 24 Kanal reported, with explosions heard across the capital. No casualties in Kyiv were reported in the material available at the time of writing.

Zaporizhzhia, a frequent target of Russian strikes during the war, has seen fires and infrastructure damage in earlier, separate attacks on the region before Monday's incidents.