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At least 10 killed in overnight missile and drone attacks across Ukraine

An apretment in Ukraine after Russian missile and drone strikes
An apretment in Ukraine after Russian missile and drone strikes Copyright  AP/Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP
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By Sertac Aktan with AP
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Russia targeted Ukraine with another wave of deadly missile and drone attacks over the past day killing 10 people and injuring at least 50 others across multiple regions, according to reports by Ukrainian media.

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Among the attacks, the deadliest one was a missile strike on the city of Samar in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, which killed five people and injured at least 25.

In the southern port city of Odesa, a married couple were killed by a Russian drone that struck a 21-story residential building. The attack caused a major fire across three floors, injuring at least 14 other people, including three children. Firefighters worked throughout the night to put the fire out.

Further deaths were reported across the country, with two people killed in Donetsk Oblast and one killed in the Kherson region.

Russian attacks also wounded people in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy oblasts. Ukraine's Air Force reported that on the night of 27-28 June,

Russian forces attacked with 23 Shahed drones of various types. Ukraine says they successfully downed 22 of them.

The attacks are the latest in a series of intensified Russian air assaults on Ukrainian cities throughout May and June.

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