Russian missile attacks across Ukraine early Monday wounded 34 people in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, including children, regional authorities said.
The barrage came after another wave of attacks last week that ended a weeks-long pause after systematic Russian strikes during winter targeting key infrastructure.
“There are already 34 wounded due to a missile attack on the Pavlograd district,” Sergiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said on social media.
“Five of them are children. The youngest is a girl and only eight years old,” Lysak said.
Ukraine said Russia attacked at around 2.30 am (2330 GMT), adding it had downed 15 out of the 18 missiles launched by Moscow’s forces.
Ukraine over the winter strengthened its air defences, including with US Patriot systems after it appealed to Western allies to help fend off Russian attacks on the energy grid.
Russian forces meanwhile…
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