Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia

What the report says

Overnight Russian strikes hit multiple areas in Ukraine on Tuesday, killing six people in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region and damaging a children’s hospital in Kyiv, according to local officials and Ukraine’s emergency service. Al Jazeera reported that the attacks involved missiles and aerial bombs, amid continued fighting and efforts by Russia to pressure Ukraine’s air defences.

In Zaporizhzhia, regional military chief Ivan Fedorov said the assault was “massive,” leaving six dead and 19 wounded. He also reported fires, damaged buildings and vehicles, and power outages in the region. In Kyiv, a ballistic missile strike caused damage and injured one person; the emergency service said a children’s hospital in the Shevchenkivskyi district was struck and a warehouse fire injured another person. A drone attack in Mykolaiv also injured a 75-year-old woman, according to regional authorities.

Russia’s defence ministry said its overnight strikes targeted defence industry and transport and logistics sites in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia. The article also noted that Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia’s Voronezh region killed one person and injured two, underscoring the cross-border escalation. The reporting fits a wider pattern of intensified missile and drone exchanges that have repeatedly damaged civilian infrastructure and strained air defence systems on both sides.