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On the night of April 16, Russian forces launched strikes on Ukrainian territory using missiles and attack drones. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Odesa came under attack. There were reports of deaths, injuries, fires, and damage to civilian infrastructure.
In Kyiv, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, four people were killed and 48 others were injured. Destruction was reported in the Podilskyi, Obolonskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Desnyanskyi districts of the city. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that a 12-year-old child was among the dead. The strikes hit residential areas, and emergency and utility services are working on the ground.
Kharkiv was also hit by drone attacks. A series of explosions rocked the city, with impacts and fires reported. Oleg Sinegubov, head of the regional military administration, reported that the strikes hit civilian infrastructure. The Industrialny and Nemyshlyansky districts were hit. In the Industrialny district, cars caught fire near a residential building, and in Nemyshlyansky, a 66-year-old man and a 77-year-old woman were injured. Mayor Ihor Terekhov added that strikes were also recorded in the Slobidsky and Saltovsky districts of the city.
In Dnipro, according to Ukrainian media, a series of explosions occurred as a result of a combined attack using kamikaze drones and ballistic missiles. Air defense systems were deployed. Fires and damage to residential buildings were reported, and power outages were observed in some areas. According to Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, three people were killed and 34 others were injured. Residential buildings, garages, cars, and an educational institution were damaged.
In Odesa, according to Serhiy Lysak, head of the city's military administration, seven people were killed and 11 others injured as a result of overnight strikes. The city was hit by several waves of rocket attacks and drone strikes. Infrastructure and a residential building in the Khadzhibeyskyi district were damaged, with over 300 windows shattered in several buildings. Damage was also recorded in a park in the Primorskyi district. Utility services are continuing to clean up the aftermath and have deployed a task force.
