Five people were injured, including a seven-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl, in an overnight Russian attack on the port city of Odesa, the Ukrainian authorities said.
A multistorey residential building and other civilian infrastructure were damaged, regional governor Oleh Kiper said. Six flats were completely destroyed, while another 36 were partially damaged, he said.
“The children, who were poisoned by combustion products, were hospitalised,” Kiper said. The other three injured people, all adults, received medical aid on the site.
Ukraine’s state emergency services shared photos showing rescuers carrying children in the dark out of a multistorey building on fire and firefighters tackling the blaze, which it said has since been extinguished.
The country’s air force said Russia launched 52 drones at the country overnight, of which 40 were either shot down or misdirected using electronic warfare.