Ukrainian officials reported Monday that Russian forces conducted overnight drone and missile strikes on May 18, targeting the southern city of Odesa and the southeastern city of Dnipro, leaving 11 people wounded, including two children.
Drone strikes hit residential areas, a school and a kindergarten in Odesa, the major Black Sea export port, according to Serhiy Lysak, who heads the local military administration and posted the information on the Telegram messaging platform.
“An 11-year-old boy and a 59-year-old man were injured in the attack,” he added.
In a separate assault, Russian missiles struck the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, wounding nine individuals including a 10-year-old boy, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported via Telegram.
Meanwhile, Russian officials said drones were intercepted overnight in the southern Rostov region, including strikes near the port city of Taganrog along the Sea of Azov, according to regional governor Yuri Slyusar’s Telegram post.
Previous reports from Sunday indicated that at least four people died, three in the Moscow region, following what officials described as Ukraine’s largest overnight drone assault on the Russian capital in over a year.
Reuters noted it could not independently confirm battlefield accounts. Both nations deny intentionally striking civilian targets.
