At least twelve people have been killed and around 30 injured in a Russian airstrike on the city of Zaporizhia in southeastern Ukraine this afternoon, according to Governor Ivan Federov.
Russia first dropped aerial bombs over a residential area in the city, local police announced on social media.
"When police, rescue services and medical personnel began providing emergency assistance to the wounded, the occupiers stealthily directed attack drones to the scene," the police wrote.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls the attack a "cynical terrorist attack, without any military justification whatsoever" in a post on X.
Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine was also attacked this afternoon. At least five people have been killed and five injured, according to Zelenskyy. He said the death toll could rise.
Russia dropped three aerial bombs on central parts of the city at 5 p.m. local time, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin. Many apartment buildings and cars were damaged, he added.
The city of Dnipro was attacked later on Tuesday evening. At least four people have been killed there, according to Zelenskyy. Another dozen are being treated in hospitals, several of them with serious injuries, according to the region's governor, Oleksandr Hanzha.
“It is crucial that Russia is forced to end this war,” the president further wrote.
