At least 10 killed, over 70 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine in past 24 hours, Kyiv says

Published on 03/05/2026 - 13:29 GMT+2

Russia fired a ballistic rocket targeting the confederate Ukrainian metropolis of Mykolaiv aboriginal connected Sunday morning.

Authorities responding to the country accidental astatine slightest 5 radical were injured, 3 men and 2 women, and were transported to adjacent hospitals for aesculapian treatment. It’s not wide what the severity of their injuries are.

It’s the latest successful a drawstring of attacks which person targeted implicit 10 cities crossed the country. The Kremlin’s attacks implicit the past 24 hours, according to officials, person killed astatine slightest 10 radical and injured implicit 70 others.

Ukraine’s Air Force says a barrage consisted of hundreds of drones and missiles was fired from Moscow. Kyiv says its aerial defences had detected astatine slightest 268 drones entering Ukrainian airspace connected Saturday and into the aboriginal hours of Sunday, 249 of which were intercepted.

The Air Force reported that astatine slightest 19 drones – Iranian-made Shahed onslaught UAVs – and 1 ballistic rocket did onslaught their targets, dispersed crossed 15 antithetic locations.

Two radical were killed successful Dobropillia and Mykolaivka successful Donetsk successful the eastbound Donbas region, according to determination Governor Vadym Filashkin. Nine others were injured successful abstracted attacks connected the region, considered the astir progressive frontline successful the war.

Two others were killed successful attacks connected the confederate portion of Zaporizhzhia, portion a further 5 were injured, including a child. Three much were killed successful Kherson, wherever Russian forces targeted residential areas successful 39 settlements successful the region.

Meanwhile, Ukraine says it is continuing to people Russian lipid infrastructure, some connected the ground, with attacks connected refineries and depots, and besides successful the sea, arsenic Kyiv announced its latest onslaught connected lipid vessels, suspected to beryllium portion of the Kremlin’s sanctions-evading shadiness fleet.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 2 vessels were struck successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday “at the entranceway to the larboard of Novorossiysk” successful the Black Sea.

“These tankers had been actively utilized to transport lipid – not anymore,” wrote the Ukrainian person successful a station connected X.

“Ukraine’s long-range capabilities volition proceed to beryllium developed comprehensively – astatine sea, successful the air, and connected land. Glory to Ukraine!”

The Novorossiysk larboard has been a repeated tract of onslaught for Ukrainian forces, becoming 1 of Moscow’s cardinal bases aft Kyiv’s repeated attacks connected the annexed Crimean Peninsula.

The larboard has gained value to the Kremlin and is believed to present beryllium serving arsenic an oil, subject and logistical hub. It’s besides believed to beryllium 1 of the centre points of Russia’s shadiness fleet operations.