4 killed, dozens injured in air attacks across Ukraine

MOSCOW/KIEV -- At least four people were killed and dozens injured in a new round of Russian attacks that hit several regions of Ukraine on Monday, authorities said.

Two people were killed in the western Khmelnytsky region, where missiles struck industrial facilities, the regional administration said.

A 62-year-old woman was killed, and 31 others were wounded in the central Dnipropetrovsk region where an attack damaged a shopping center, an apartment building, two petrol stations and more than 20 private houses, regional governor Sergii Lysak said on Telegram.

One person was killed, and three others were wounded in the eastern Kharkiv region, the regional administration said.

Four men and a woman were injured in five missile strikes at the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported, citing regional governor Yurii Malashko.

Earlier in the day, local authorities and media outlets said that explosions were heard in several cities across Ukraine.

Explosions shook the central Ukrainian cities of Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih, as well as the eastern city of Kharkiv and the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency said in an earlier report.

The regional administration said on Telegram that air defense was also activated in the western Khmelnytsky region.

According to preliminary reports, Russia attacked Ukraine with 11 Tu-95 bombers and four MiG-31 fighters.

Media outlets reported that air raid alerts were issued for the entire country starting at approximately 6 am local time (0400 GMT), citing Ukraine's military officials.

The Russian Defense Ministry noted Monday that the Russian armed forces attacked Ukrainian military facilities with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.

"This morning, strikes were carried out with high-precision, long-range, sea- and air-based weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system, on facilities of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine," it said in a statement.

According to the Russian ministry, one of the attacks hit the site of a meeting of commanders of units of a Ukrainian territorial defense forces brigade.