Ukraine's emergency service announced that the number of injured has risen to more than 30, following a Russian rocket attack on June 29 that killed seven people in Vilnyansk, in the southern region of Zaporozhye.
The service announced that the fires in the buildings and cars had been extinguished, and Governor Ivan Fedorov said that two children were among the dead, and eight others were among the dozens injured.
According to the first reports, ten people were injured in the attack in that part of Ukraine, writes the editorial office of Radio Free Europe in English.
The attack took place in the middle of heavy pressure by Russian forces on the Ukrainian army, along the 1.000-kilometer battlefield line, and intensified airstrikes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday evening that the big Russian strike, in which part of a residential building in Dnipro was destroyed on June 28, is further proof that his country needs more air defense systems than its allies.
"There are ways to overcome the daily Russian terror from which Ukrainian cities suffer. For this, it is necessary to destroy Russian terrorists and launchers where they are, as well as increase the number of modern air defense systems in Ukraine," said Zelensky.
The previous night, Kiev said it had thwarted ten airstrikes by drones, saying Russian forces had fired anti-tank missiles at the city of Derhachi, in the Kharkiv region.
Russia has stepped up airstrikes this year in an attempt to deplete Ukraine's resources, often targeting energy facilities and other vital infrastructure.
Ukrainian officials claim half of the nation's power system has been damaged by Russian strikes.
The Ukrainian General Military Staff announced last night that the "fierce" combat situation is still in the Pokrovskoe area, in the eastern Donetsk region.
Russia, meanwhile, said that on June 29, Ukraine launched attacks on Sevastopol in Crimea, as well as on Kursk.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced that four of its employees were injured in what they claim was Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk.
On June 29, Russia announced that it had captured Sumi, a settlement located about seven kilometers southeast of the mining town of Toretsk, in the Donetsk region.
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