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A Russian missile attack in Samar, Ukraine, killed five and wounded over 20. Kherson faces power outages after a separate attack.
KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian missile attack on Friday killed at least five people and wounded more than 20 in the industrial city of Samar in Ukraine's southeast, officials said, the second strike on the city in three days.
At least four of the wounded were in severe condition and were taken to hospital, regional governor Serhiy Lysak said on the Telegram messaging app.
Officials gave no immediate details on damage in the city, where an attack on an unidentified infrastructure facility on Tuesday killed two people.
Hundreds of kilometres to the south, in the Kherson region, authorities urged residents on Friday to prepare for extended periods without power after a Russian attack hit a key energy facility.
Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram that "Russians decided to plunge the region into darkness".
In recent weeks Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian cities, particularly its capital Kyiv, more than three years into the war that followed its full-scale invasion.
The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 363 long-range drones and eight missiles overnight into Friday, targeting a small western city of Starokostiantyniv, home to an important air base. There were no details on damage.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, writing by Olena Harmash, Editing by Aidan Lewis)
At least five people were killed in the missile attack on Samar.
At least four of the wounded were in severe condition and were taken to the hospital.
Authorities in the Kherson region urged residents to prepare for extended periods without power after a Russian attack hit a key energy facility.
In recent weeks, Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian cities, particularly Kyiv, as part of the ongoing conflict.
The Ukrainian air force reported that Russia launched 363 long-range drones and eight missiles overnight into Friday.
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