Overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine kill five, injure 30

Russia launched more than 600 drones and 47 missiles as it targeted eight regions in Dnpiro, authorities say.Overnight Russian attacks in eight regions of Ukraine have killed several people and wounded dozens of others, according to a Ukrainian official.The central Ukrainian city of Dnipro was hardest hit, with eight people killed and 49 people wounded, including two children, according to Mayor Borys Filatov, whose deputy was “nearly killed” in the attack.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Elderly married couple killed in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Odesalist 2 of 4EU formally approves 90bn euro Ukraine loan and new sanctions on Russialist 3 of 4Russian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refinerieslist 4 of 4Russian troops, warships in India soon? Why their new military pact mattersend of listTwo people died in the city of Nizhyn in the northern region of Chernihiv, while a one-year-old boy was among the wounded in the Kharkiv region, police said.Strikes also hit the Zaporizhia region, killing one person and wounding four in a civilian minibus, said regional military administration head Ivan Fedorov.A rescue operation was under way at a residential building in Dnipro, while emergency services worked in regions across Ukraine, including in Chernihiv, Odesa and Kharkiv.Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin wrote on Telegram that one person was wounded in attacks on Sloviansk, and another in Kramatorsk. Six homes, five high-rises and buildings, including a post office and a church, also reported damage.Ukraine’s Air Force tallied 619 Russian drones and 47 missiles launched during the attacks. Air defences shot down or suppressed 610 of them, it said.“Russia’s tactics remain unchanged – attack drones, cruise missiles, and a significant number of ballistic missiles. Most targets are civilian infrastructure in cities,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on X on Saturday, along with a video of emergency workers responding to shelled-out buildings.