KYIV, Ukraine — Overnight bombardments by Russian forces struck the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, leaving three dead and injuring 21 others, regional officials reported Saturday.
Rescue teams discovered the three victims in the debris of a residential home that was leveled during the nighttime assault, according to Dnipropetrovsk regional leader Oleksandr Ganzha, who warned that additional people could remain buried beneath the wreckage.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Saturday that “11 people in hospitals in Dnipro after the Russian attack on the city.”
“The Russians have been hitting Dnipro and other cities and communities practically all night,” Ganzha posted on Telegram, describing the bombardment that sparked blazes throughout Dnipro and left multiple apartment complexes, commercial structures and a residence in partial ruins.
In the Odesa region to the southwest, drone assaults during the night injured two additional civilians.
The southern portion of that region saw damage to homes, port facilities and vehicles, regional administrator Oleh Kiper announced Saturday.
Meanwhile in Russia, a drone attack in the border area of Belgorod resulted in one woman’s death and left a man with severe injuries, according to local authorities.
These latest attacks came one day after Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange on Friday, trading 193 military personnel.
Such prisoner swaps represent among the limited positive developments from otherwise unsuccessful months of U.S.-mediated discussions between Moscow and Kyiv. The diplomatic efforts have failed to achieve breakthroughs on major obstacles to ending Russia’s military campaign against Ukraine, which has now entered its fifth year.
