One person killed, more than 30 injured in Russian night attacks in Ukraine

Russia launched drone, air and shelling attacks on Ukraine overnight, hitting cities such as Odessa in the south and Dnipro in the southeast, killing one person and wounding more than 30, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.

According to Reuters, drones hit residential buildings, a school and a kindergarten in Odessa, a major Black Sea export port, Serhiy Lysak, head of the local military administration, said on Telegram.

An 11-year-old boy and a 59-year-old man were wounded in the attack, he added.

In a separate missile attack, Russia hit the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, wounding 18 people, including two children — a two-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on Telegram.

In the southeastern Zaporozhye region, three people were wounded in nighttime attacks, regional governor Ivan Fedorov added on Telegram.

One person was killed and nine were wounded in attacks in the southern Kherson region, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram.

In Russia, drones were shot down overnight over regions such as Rostov and Belgorod in the south, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Defense Ministry.

At least four people were killed over the weekend, three of them in the Moscow region, after Ukraine carried out the largest nighttime drone attack on the Russian capital in more than a year, officials said Sunday.

Reuters could not independently confirm the reports from the battlefield. Both sides deny deliberately targeting civilians.