Seven folks have died after particles from a Russian drone hit an condo block within the southern Ukrainian port metropolis of Odesa in a single day, officers mentioned.

A 3-month-old child was among the many lifeless.

Regional governor Oleh Kiper mentioned an additional eight folks have been injured. He added that the Shahed drone was shot down by Ukrainian air defences, and that the falling particles hit the condo constructing.

Ukraine’s armed forces reported that the Odesa area was attacked by eight drones, of which seven have been shot down by air defences.

Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Saturday morning that greater than 20 settlements within the jap Ukrainian province had sustained Russian artillery and mortar assaults, whereas high-rise buildings within the regional capital, additionally known as Kharkiv, have been broken by a drone assault.

He mentioned that there have been no casualties, however that three folks suffered an “acute stress reaction”.

In the partly occupied Kherson area, Russian artillery shelling killed a 53-year-old man on Saturday morning, the Kherson regional prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.

Meanwhile, in Russia, a drone crashed into an condo constructing in St Petersburg, in response to state information company RIA Novosti.

The Mash information website mentioned the condo constructing was hit by a Ukrainian drone.

The website revealed movies showing to indicate the second the condo constructing was struck, displaying a powerful flash of sunshine engulfing one facet of the constructing and fragments of particles flying into the air.

Another video confirmed automobile alarms going off.

Russia’s defence ministry has not commented on the incident.