Images posted on social media Saturday evening — which AFP has not been able to verify — show buildings on fire in what appears to be a commercial area.
Fresh Russian and Ukrainian strikes have killed at least five people and injured dozens more as the conflict between the two countries intensifies.
Russian strikes killed two people and wounded dozens across Ukraine overnight Saturday and into Sunday, while a Ukrainian drone attack killed three people in Russia’s Belgorod region.
More than four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, both sides have intensified long-range attacks, resulting in rising civilian casualties.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of relying on what he described as “ballistic terror,” saying 61 missiles of various types had been fired at Ukraine during the week.
“More pressure, more sanctions against Russia and more air defence for Ukraine are needed,” Zelensky said in a social media post.
The two people killed in a Russian drone strike were in Kharkiv, a major city in northeastern Ukraine, where four floors of a residential building were destroyed, according to Zelensky.
Regional Governor Oleg Synegoubov said 23 people were injured in the attack. Images released by the governor showed a badly damaged building as emergency responders worked at the scene.
In Odesa, eight people were injured overnight, while strikes damaged parts of the power grid, port facilities and residential buildings, Zelensky said.
He also condemned what he described as an “absolutely brutal” Russian strike on energy infrastructure near a shopping centre in Pavlohrad, in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Nine people, including four children, were injured in the attack, according to the Ukrainian president.
Images posted on social media on Saturday evening appeared to show buildings engulfed in flames in what looked like a commercial area. The images could not be independently verified.
