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Russian attacks kill five in Ukraine, local officials say

By Thomson Reuters Jun 28, 2026 | 2:01 PM

June 28 (Reuters) – Russian attacks killed at least four people on Sunday in Ukraine’s southeast and northeast, ​regional officials said.

Strikes on ‌the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia killed two people and injured 16, Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram. Pictures posted online ‌by ​the governor showed a ⁠building ablaze and ⁠parts of a neighborhood reduced to rubble.

In the northeastern border region of Kharkiv, a frequent Russian target, a ​missile strike on the town of Zmiiv killed one person and ⁠injured eight, including ⁠two children, Regional Governor Oleh ​Syniehubov said.

Police in the Kharkiv region ​also said an officer was killed ‌as he was trying to organize the evacuation of residents in another community further north.

In the Sumy region, ⁠also on the Russian border, the regional governor said an elderly woman was killed ⁠during the ‌day in an area ⁠near the border.

Reuters was unable ​to ‌independently verify accounts from either ​side. ⁠Both Russia and Ukraine deny deliberately targeting civilians in the more than four-year-old conflict.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Bogdan Kochubey; Editing by Chris Reese and ​Sanjeev Miglani)