Kiev under ballistic missile attack as Russia refinery hit

A ballistic missile attack is underway in Kiev, the Ukrainian military said early on Sunday.

"Air defence forces are operating in the capital. Remain in shelters!", the capital's mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram.

AFP journalists heard explosions and saw several flashes in the sky.

Russian strikes a day earlier in Dnipropetrovsk in central-eastern Ukraine and the northern Sumy region killed two people.

It also comes after Ukraine launched attacks on Volgograd and Belgorod in Russia's southwest, and Horlivka, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, which is controlled by Moscow.

Three people were killed in the attacks, regional authorities said.

Russia has targeted Ukraine with near-daily strikes since the launch of its full-scale war in February 2022, the bloodiest conflict in Europe since the Second World War.

Ukraine has also stepped up its strikes in recent months, which it describes as retaliatory, against Russia and the territories occupied by Moscow.

Deadly Ukrainian strike

A "massive" Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded another in southern Russia and caused a fire in a refinery, the regional governor said on Sunday.

Krasnodar regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said several houses were also damaged by falling debris.

"Krasnodar region came under a massive enemy drone attack... Sadly, one person was killed," Kondratyev said in a post on Telegram, adding that "one person was wounded and received the necessary assistance on site".

He said that a "fire also broke out at an oil refinery in the city, and a power line and gas pipe were damaged".

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Source: TRT