Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region was under "massive attack" early Saturday, the governor said, reporting strikes in Dnipro and Pavlograd.
"The region is under a massive attack. Explosions are being heard," Sergiy Lysak wrote on Telegram. He also said that Russian overnight strikes on Friday killed two people in Dnipropetrovsk.
Dnipropetrovsk is not one of the five Ukrainian regions that Moscow has publicly claimed as Russian territory. Those are Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea.
The region had been largely spared from intense fighting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. But Kyiv acknowledged on Tuesday that Russian troops had entered the region, after Moscow claimed its troops had gained a foothold there.
Another 'massive' overnight Russian attack on central and southeastern Ukraine killed at least one person, authorities said Saturday, with homes and businesses damaged in multiple cities.
"At night, the enemy carried out massive strikes" on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine's state emergency service said on Telegram.
At least one person was killed and sixteen others wounded, including two children, according to regional military administration chief Ivan Fedorov.
"Russian strikes destroyed private houses, damaged many facilities, including cafes, service stations, and industrial enterprises," Fedorov said.
Ukrainian drone strikes reported on Russian oil refinenary
{{/usCountry}}"Russian strikes destroyed private houses, damaged many facilities, including cafes, service stations, and industrial enterprises," Fedorov said.
Ukrainian drone strikes reported on Russian oil refinenary
{{/usCountry}}The Russian strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region come after Ukrainian drones reportedly struck an oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on August 30. According to a report by Kyiv Independent, explosions were reported by local residents around 2:30 a.m. local time, amid reports of drones flying overhead. Videos posted to social media appear to show a large blaze emanating from the oil refinery.
Krasnodar Krai, situated just east of Crimea and separated by the Kerch Strait, has become an increasingly frequent target of Ukrainian drone strikes. The region's military infrastructure is critical for Russia's air operations in the south and over the Black Sea.
Ukraine's military has not yet commented on the reported strike, although Kyiv has repeatedly targeted Russian infrastructure in the region since the start of the war.