The strikes in the Odessa region were carried out not far from the Transnistrian section of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border.
Mon 08 May 2023:
Russian missiles have hit several cities across Ukraine overnight, killing at least one person and injuring five, Ukrainian authorities have said.
“The Russian Federation (also) launched 16 missile strikes last night, in particular on the cities of Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions,” the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in its daily update.
It added that in addition, 61 airstrikes and 52 attacks from the heavy rocket salvo fire systems were launched over the past day on the positions of Ukrainian forces and populated areas.
“Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded civilians, high-rise buildings, private homes and other civilian infrastructure were damaged,” it said.
Kyiv’s Mayor Klitschko said that at least five people were injured in the capital amidst damage done to buildings and infrastructure.
Ukraine’s top military command says its forces destroyed all 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia had launched overnight.
Drone wreckage hits Kyiv’s Sviatoshyn district: mayor
Drone wreckage hit Kyiv’s Sviatoshyn district, the city’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said, adding that there was no immediate information on potential casualties or damages.
“All services are on their way to the site,” Klitschko said on his Telegram messaging channel.
Sviatoshyn, on the western edge of Kyiv, is a historical neighbourhood of the capital.
Reuters’ witnesses said they have heard numerous explosions in Kyiv, with local officials saying that air defence systems were repelling the attacks.
On the evening of 7 May, explosions were heard in Odesa and the oblast – the city was attacked by Kh-22 missiles. Rescuers have already extinguished the fire, and there were no casualties. pic.twitter.com/2qzVUkhdQN
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Sounds of explosions in Zaporizhia region: reports
After air raid alerts blared for hours over roughly two-thirds of Ukraine, there were also media reports of sounds of explosions in the Zaporizhia region in the southeast, where the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex is located.
The Russian-installed governor, Yegeny Balitsky, said that more than 1,500 people had been evacuated from two unspecified cities in the area.
On Friday, he ordered civilians to leave 18 Russian-occupied communities, including Enerhodar. The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed the evacuation of Enerhodar was under way.
Moscow’s troops seized the plant soon after invading Ukraine last year, but Ukrainian employees have continued to run the facility during the occupation, at times under extreme duress.
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