Five people were killed on May 1 in separate strikes in eastern Ukraine by Russian forces firing missiles and bombs that hit small towns in the regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk, local officials said.
In the northeastern Kharkiv region bordering Russia, a guided bomb attack killed two civilians, a 38-year-old woman, and her father inside a car, the region's governor said.
On the morning of May 1, "two guided aerial bombs hit the center of the town of Zolochiv," around 15 kilometers from the Russian border, Kharkiv regional Governor Oleh Synyehubov said on national television.
Synyehubov said in addition to the two people killed in the car, another 13 people, including an 11-year-old child, were wounded.
Further east in the Kharkiv region close to the city of Kupyansk, Russian shelling killed a 67-year-old woman in the village of Lelyukivka, Synyehubov added.
In the Donetsk region, two people were killed and six were injured in the small town of Hirnyk, about 15 kilometers from the front line, said regional Governor Vadym Filashkin.
"The Russians attacked the town with Uragans (Hurricanes) this afternoon," Filashkin wrote on Telegram, referring to self-propelled rocket launchers designed in the Soviet Union to deliver cluster munitions.
The two people killed were a 57-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man, he added.
Artillery and drone strikes in Nikopol, located in the center-east of the country, wounded four people, regional Governor Serhiy Lysak said.
Three civilians were reported killed earlier on May 1 in a Russian missile strike against the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, local authorities said.
Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said three others were injured in the overnight attack, which damaged civilian infrastructure.
Russia has repeatedly attacked Odesa in recent days, including on April 29 using an Iskandr missile. Five civilians died in that attack and 23 were injured, officials said.
Meanwhile, an oil refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region was damaged by a drone strike early on May 1, the region’s governor said in a post on Telegram.
Governor Pavel Malkov wrote that there were no casualties.
Local residents posted videos purportedly showing a large fire and explosions at the refinery.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said a drone had been intercepted over the region, as well as three over the Voronezh region and one over the Kursk region.
Since the beginning of the year, 18 Russian oil refineries have been damaged by drone attacks.
Ukraine has not commented on the majority of the incidents.
