Russian attacks on cities in Ukraine’s east and southeast have killed four people and left homes and civilian infrastructure in flames, officials and prosecutors said late Tuesday, underscoring the relentless toll of the war more than two years after Russia’s full‑scale invasion.
Prosecutors in the Donetsk region the heart of Ukraine’s front line reported that three people were killed and five injured in two separate bomb attacks on the city of Sloviansk. The city forms part of Ukraine’s heavily fortified “fortress belt,” a defensive line seen as crucial to slowing Russia’s grinding advance in Donetsk.
Further south in Zaporizhzhia, national police said a wave of dozens of drones struck the city, killing one man in his car and injuring seven others. Images posted online showed buildings engulfed in flames, rooftops burning and a shattered facade reduced to rubble.
Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said the city was hit by five separate strikes, sparking fires in a residential building and a shopping center, while an educational institution also sustained damage.
Reuters noted it could not independently verify the reports. Both Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians, despite repeated strikes on populated areas since the invasion began in 2022.
The latest attacks highlight the intensifying pressure on cities across Ukraine’s east and south, where drone and missile barrages have become a near‑daily threat for millions of civilians.
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