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Four people killed after Russian attack on east Ukraine

A view of the aftermath following a Russian attack with a Shahed-type drone on a residential area in Kramatorsk
A view of the aftermath following a Russian drone attack on a residential area in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine

A Russian strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has killed four people and wounded at least 25 others, the regional governor said in a social media post.

Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, which Russia has increasingly targeted in recent months, posted images of shattered windows at a shop following the attack.

Ten of the wounded were in a "serious condition" with blast injuries, "shrapnel wounds, cuts and fractures", he added.

The industrial hub of Dnipro is more than 100km from the front line, which snakes through eastern and southern Ukraine.

Russian troops have captured a slither of territory in the wider Dnipropetrovsk region, though it is not one of the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow claimed to have annexed after its invasion.

Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed since Russia invaded in February 2022.

US-brokered talks on the conflict have failed to push the sides closer to a deal, with negotiations frozen for weeks.

Ukrainian officials also said Russian drones attacked Izmail port in the southern Odesa ⁠region overnight, damaging a civilian Panama-flagged vessel.

Several strikes were recorded across the port area, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said, adding that separate infrastructure elements and equipment were also damaged.

"The enemy is once again deliberately striking critical infrastructure and logistics in the Odesa region," ‌Mr Kuleba said on the ⁠Telegram messaging app.

a firefighter is seen working at the scene of a large blaze
Several drone strikes were reported across the area of Izmail port

One of the strikes caused a fire, which was quickly extinguished, he said.

Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority said the port continued to operate.

Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said that a berth and a ‌barge were damaged at the port, while a building housing a workshop was destroyed ⁠by the strikes. Two passenger buses and seven ‌cars were also destroyed, he added.

Six private buildings also ⁠came under ‌attack, with their roofs damaged. An ambulance was also damaged, Mr Kiper said, adding that no one was hurt in the attack.

Ukraine's air ⁠force said Russia had launched four missiles and 129 drones at ⁠the country since yesterday evening. The air defence units downed or neutralised one missile and 114 drones, it added.

Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukraine's maritime export routes during the four-year-old war, striking ports vital to foreign trade and ‌the wartime economy.

Meanwhile, off-site power ⁠at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been restored via one power ‌line, ⁠the Russian-appointed management of the plant said.

The International Atomic Energy ‌Agency said earlier ⁠that ‌the plant had lost all ⁠its ‌off-site power for the 13th time since ⁠the start of the ⁠Ukraine conflict in 2022.

Separately, Germany and ⁠Ukraine have agreed defence cooperation plans including a deal on drone production that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said could become one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

The accords, signed during his visit to Berlin by Mr Zelensky and Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, underline the growing stature of Ukraine's defence industry after more than four years of a war marked by rapid innovation in drone technology.