Russia launched multiple ballistic missiles towards Ukraine, also targeting the capital Kiev, the Kyiv Independent reported on Sunday, citing Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Klitschko spoke of explosions, three injuries, a partially destroyed office block and falling debris from damaged buildings. Fires were also reported in several districts of the capital. Rescue workers were sent to tend to the injured.
Klitschko later announced that a man had been found dead on a street that had been hit by the attack.
According to the Kyiv Independent, Russian attacks hit targets throughout Ukraine overnight.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported a combined attack by 23 missiles and cruise missiles and 109 drones. Thirteen missiles had been intercepted, it said, adding that air defences were virtually useless against Iskander missiles, a short-range ballistic missile.
Forty drones of Iranian design had also been shot down, it said, along with 53 dummy drones without warheads used to distract air defences.
The air force reported damage in the Kiev, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy and Mykolaiv regions.
The regional military administration in the southern city of Mykolaiv reported at least two residential buildings were on fire after being hit by combat drones.
People shop at a flea market while smoke rises in the background after a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian capital. Andreas Stroh/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kiev, answers questions before the BILD100 event on the red carpet in the new Axel Springer building. Russia launched multiple ballistic missiles towards Ukraine, also targeting the capital Kiev, the Kyiv Independent reported on Sunday, citing Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Jens Kalaene/dpa