Russian attacks killed at least four people on Sunday in Ukraine’s south-east and north-east, regional officials said.
Rescuers work at a site of a Russian air strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine in this handout picture released on 28th June, 2026. PICTURE: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia region/Handout via Reuters
Strikes on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia killed two people and injured 16, Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram. Pictures posted online by the Governor showed a building ablaze and parts of a neighbourhood reduced to rubble.
In the north-eastern border region of Kharkiv, a frequent Russian target, a missile strike on the town of Zmiiv killed one person and injured eight, including two children, Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Police in the Kharkiv region also said an officer was killed as he was trying to organise the evacuation of residents in another community further north.
Reuters was unable to independently verify accounts from either side. Both Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians in the more than four-year-old conflict.
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Meanwhile, Ukraine hit two Russian oil refineries in the regions of Krasnodar and Yaroslavl overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, as Kyiv ramps up pressure on Russia’s fuel supply with its drone fleet.
Kyiv’s increasingly frequent drone attacks have caused acute fuel shortages in parts of Russia, one of the world’s biggest oil producers, with queues and rationing seen at petrol stations.
“We continue our operations that weaken Russia’s ability to wage this war,” Zelenskiy wrote on social media, adding that the refineries were about 300 kilometres and 700 kilometres from Ukrainian territory.
In a statement on Telegram on Sunday, Krasnodar region Governor Veniamin Kondratiev said that a fire had broken out at the refinery in Slavyansk-na-Kubani, with one person killed and another injured in a nearby village.
Unverified footage on social media showed a large fire at the refinery.
The Krasnodar region’s general headquarters, posting on the Telegram messaging app, reported on Sunday evening that the fire had been extinguished and nearby roads were open.
Slavyansk refinery is a private plant with a capacity of about 100,000 barrels per day. It supplies fuel for domestic use and export.
In Yaroslavl region, east of Moscow, the governor said the region had come under drone attack and that temporary limits had been placed on movement on some road routes to the Russian capital.
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