In the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, a Russian missile strike that struck a residential building has resulted in at least four fatalities.
About 60 apartments and 50 automobiles were reportedly destroyed in the attack, according to mayor Andriy Sadovyi.
More stranded victims are still being sought after by rescuers via the debris.
Sadovyi said the strike was the biggest against Lviv’s civilian infrastructure since the start of the all-out invasion last year in a video address to the city’s citizens.
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian war refugees have sought safety in the city from other areas to the east.
President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a reaction on Telegram, saying: ‘Unfortunately, there are wounded and dead. My condolences to the relatives!
‘There will definitely be a response to the enemy. A tangible one.’
Zelensky also posted drone footage that shows wrecked buildings from above. Third and fourth floors of the struck building were ruined. Nine people were wounded.
The attack comes amid heightened tensions around Zaporizhzhia, with Ukrainian and Russian officials accusing each other of plotting to bomb Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant.
Ukraine has claimed Moscow may try to cause a deliberate radiation leak in a bid to derail Kyiv’s ongoing counteroffensive in the surrounding region.
Citing the latest intelligence reports, Zelensky alleged Russian troops had placed ‘objects resembling explosives’ on top of several of the plant’s power units to ‘simulate’ an attack from outside.
‘Their detonation should not damage power units but may create a picture of shelling from Ukraine,’ according to a statement from the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces.
In Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov raised the spectre of a potentially ‘catastrophic’ provocation by the Ukrainian army at the nuclear plant.
‘The situation is quite tense. There is a great threat of sabotage by the Kyiv regime, which can be catastrophic in its consequences,’ Mr Peskov told reporters.
He also claimed the Kremlin was pursuing ‘all measures’ to counter the alleged Ukrainian threat.