ISTANBUL

Ukraine said on Monday that at least four people were killed and 15 others injured in overnight Russian airstrikes that targeted the country’s northeastern Kharkiv and southwestern Odesa regions.

“According to preliminary data, three people were killed, 13 more were injured, including four children,” said a statement by Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (DSNS) on Telegram, which noted that missile strikes targeted a residential area in the city of Balakliia, situated about 70 kilometers (43.4 miles) southeast of the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv.

The statement said that residential buildings, as well as cars, high-rise apartments, and a kindergarten, were damaged in the attack, adding that all fires that broke out as a result of the attack were promptly extinguished.

Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov said that units from the State Emergency Service continue to work at the site of the attack.

Meanwhile, Vitalii Karabanov, the head of Balakliia’s city military administration, claimed two missiles hit the city.

The DSNS later reported a drone strike targeting the village of Velykyi Burluk, also in the Kharkiv region, which it said killed one person and injured another.

Separately, the DSNS reported that the country’s southwestern Odesa region was also targeted overnight with drone strikes, which it said caused fires at energy and port infrastructure facilities.

“According to preliminary information, one person was injured,” it went on to say.

Ukrainian private energy provider DTEK said that its energy facilities were attacked in Odesa overnight, which it said has left 32,500 subscribers temporarily without electricity.

“Our energy workers will begin restoration work immediately after receiving permission from the military and rescuers. The damage is significant. Repairs will take time,” it noted.

Ukraine's Air Force later claimed that its air defenses shot down 91 out of 128 various types of drones launched by Russia. It claimed that two Iskander-M ballistic missiles were also launched overnight.

Russian authorities have not immediately commented on the strike.

Moscow and Kyiv have frequently traded accusations in recent weeks about targeting each other’s energy facilities as winter approaches.