Russian airstrikes across Ukraine early on Saturday killed at least four people and damaged key infrastructure, including a port and a maternity hospital, Ukrainian authorities said, as Moscow presses on with its war.
Russia has continued nightly drone barrages during its invasion, launched in February 2022, with Kyiv accusing it of repeatedly striking civilian areas.
In the southern port city of Odesa, two people were killed and at least thirteen wounded, according to regional officials. One strike damaged the roof of a maternity hospital, with images from emergency services showing shattered windows and debris scattered across the site.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack, saying there was “no military purpose whatsoever—this was pure terror against ordinary civilian life.”
A port facility in the wider Odesa region was also hit, with multiple strikes recorded on infrastructure, Ukraine’s state ports authority said.
Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia launched 273 drones overnight, of which 252 were intercepted.
Elsewhere, a man was killed in a strike on an industrial site in Kryvyi Rig, with fires breaking out after the attack. In the central Poltava region, another person died after drones struck a residential building and nearby facilities.
Zelensky said the scale of the attacks showed Moscow had “no intention of ending this war,” warning that easing pressure on Russia would be dangerous.
Meanwhile, in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, a child was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike, according to regional governor Mikhail Evraev. Moscow said it intercepted and destroyed 155 Ukrainian drones overnight.
