Russian drone strike on a residential tower in Ukraine, 11 injured

A Russian drone slammed into a tower block in eastern Ukraine early on Saturday while many were in bed sleeping, killing a woman and leaving 11 people injured, Ukrainian emergency services reported.

The attack in Dnipro, Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, came as further to the east, fighting



for the strategic city of Pokrovsk has reached a key stage, with both Kyiv and Moscow vying to persuade US President Donald Trump that they can win on the battlefield.

A fire broke out and several apartments were destroyed within the nine-story building in Dnipro, the emergency services said.