Russian missile attack kills teenager in eastern Ukraine
Moscow has been intensifying its daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and hitting a number of civilian sites ahead of winter.
"A 17-year-old girl who was seriously wounded in the missile attack on the city of Berestyn has died in hospital," Kharkiv governor Oleg Synegubov posted on Telegram.
"According to preliminary information, nine people were wounded, including a 16-year-old boy," he added, saying emergency units were at the scene.
In neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region, the governor said fires had broken out in the city of Dnipro after a drone attack but gave no details on possible casualties.
"Fires broke out in Dnipro and the district due to a UAV attack," Vladyslav Gaivanenko said.
On Monday, Russian aerial strikes killed five people and destroyed a kindergarten in eastern Ukraine.
Three were killed in a strike on a residential area of Balakliya, a frontline city in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine's emergency service said.
Another Russian strike killed two civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the governor said.
The latest strike comes after France's President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky signed an accord for Kyiv to acquire up to 100 fighter jets and other hardware, including drones.
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