KYIV: Russian strikes killed two people and wounded more than 20 in Ukraine, Kyiv said on Saturday, while Ukrainian retaliatory strikes on Russian-occupied territory and inside Russia killed three and wounded dozens, local officials said.

One person was killed and two injured in the central eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, regional military administration head Oleksandr Ganzha said on Telegram.

“The enemy attacked two districts of the region more than 30 times with drones and aerial bombs,” said Ganzha.

In Sumy district in the north, a 66-year-old man was killed in a Russian drone attack on a house, regional military governor Oleg Grygorov said. In another attack on the region, 13 people were wounded, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.

It also said that strikes on southeastern Zaporizhzhia injured nine, including two children. “The enemy attack caused extensive destruction to the city’s civilian infrastructure,” the service said.

“Specifically, a residential high-rise building was partially destroyed. Emergency workers rescued two people from under the rubble.” Photos on Telegram showed the destroyed roof of a block of flats with

shattered windows, a devastated stairwell and a ravaged flat.

Russia has bombarded Ukraine almost daily since the start of its full-scale invasion in February 2022, the bloodiest conflict Europe has seen since World War II.

Ukraine has also stepped up retaliatory strikes in recent months against Russia and the territories occupied by Moscow’s forces.

Published in Dawn, June 28th, 2026