At least five dead as Ukrainian cities hit by heavy Russian shelling

At least five people died overnight as Russian drone and missile strikes pounded Ukraine’s towns and cities, local officials said on Saturday.

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00:00Several cities across Ukraine have come under heavy shelling by Russian missiles and drones

00:06overnight on Saturday.

00:09A residential building in the eastern Poltava region was hit by Russian airstrike, killing

00:14at least two people, injuring seven, including a child.

00:21Another Russian missile struck the historical center of the southern city of Odessa, injuring

00:26two people.

00:31Zaporizhzhya region was also attacked overnight by drones, which damaged homes and infrastructure,

00:37but no casualties were reported.

00:45Due to the missile attacks, emergency lockdowns were established in Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava,

00:51Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kirovrat.