Russian strikes kill 1 in Dnipro, injure 19 in Kharkiv and 4 in Kyiv

Russian attacks across Ukraine on Monday killed 1 person in Dnipro and wounded 4 people in Kyiv and 19 in Kharkiv, where drones struck residential blocks in the Kyivskyi district, officials said. A separate Russian drone strike also hit a Naftogaz gas facility in the Kharkiv region, damaging critical equipment, Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz said.

In Kharkiv, a drone hit a residential block in the morning, destroying floors seven to nine, mayor Ihor Terekhov said. A second drone struck another residential block nearby, injuring 3 people, according to regional governor Oleh Syniehubov; in total 5 strikes were recorded in the neighbourhood, and another drone fell on private property. The number of injured rose through the day to 19, including 2 children, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. Firefighters extinguished the fires caused by the attack, and rescue teams were still working at the scene.

In Kyiv, falling debris from intercepted drones wounded 4 people in the Darnytskyi and Solomianskyi districts, Kyiv Post reported. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said two of the injured were treated at the scene and that an elderly woman was among the casualties. Debris fell on a private house in Darnytskyi and landed in an open area near homes in Solomianskyi; preliminary reports also said debris had fallen on a warehouse in Darnytskyi, according to Kyiv's military administration.

In Dnipro, 1 person was killed when Russian forces struck the city on Monday morning, governor Oleksandr Hanzha said. The attack also sparked a fire at an Epicentr shopping centre in the surrounding Dniprovskyi district and damaged windows in a high-rise residential building, Hanzha said; Ukraine's air force had earlier warned of jet-powered and Banderol-type drones heading toward Dnipro and the wider region, and Suspilne reported several explosions in the city.

Overnight on Sunday, in a separate attack, Russian forces struck high-rise buildings in Dnipro, injuring 4 people, including two 8-year-old children, NV.ua reported, a toll distinct from Monday's fatal strike on the city. Russian forces also hit infrastructure facilities in Zhytomyr Oblast on Monday, NV.ua said, without giving further detail.

The Naftogaz strike hit facilities in the Kharkiv region; the company did not give a timeframe for repairs and said it was still assessing the damage.