4 people killed, multiple others injured in Russia and Ukraine as they trade aerial attacks

Russia and Ukraine traded aerial attacks overnight resulting in two deaths in each country and multiple people wounded on both sides according to executives On the battlefield the Russian military declared Saturday that it seized the village of Zelenyi Hai in the eastern Donetsk region that Moscow illegally annexed but only partially controls and the village of Maliivka in the Dnipro region There was no immediate comment on the claim from Ukrainian personnel Ukraine s southern Dnipro and northeastern Sumy regions came under combined rocket and drone attack local authorities shared Head of the Dnipro regional administration Serhii Lysak disclosed at least two people had died and five were wounded in the barrage In the city of Dnipro a multi-story building and business were damaged during the strike and outside of the city a fire engulfed a shopping center In Sumy the military administration mentioned three people were injured On Saturday Russian drones hit a central square in the city of Sumy and damaged the building of the regional administration Kharkiv sustained an intense aerial bombardment overnight Ukraine s State Crisis Situations Utility stated six people were hurt in Kharkiv including four rescuers who were wounded in a double tap strike where a second attack targets emergency workers trying to help people wounded in the initial attack According to the daily air force summary in total Russia targeted Ukraine with drones and missiles overnight It announced according to preliminary records air defense and electronic warfare took down or intercepted drones and missiles but hits from missiles and drones had been recorded in nine locations Russia s Defense Ministry on Saturday claimed that it successfully struck military facilities in Ukraine that manufacture components for missile weapons as well as produce ammunition and explosives The claim could not be independently verified Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned in an online declaration that there can be absolutely no silence in response to such strikes and Ukrainian long-range drones ensure this Russian military enterprises Russian logistics Russian airports must feel that the Russian war has real consequences for them Zelenskyy wrote In Russia executives noted that Ukrainian drones targeted multiple regions overnight A drone attack on the Rostov region on the boundary with Ukraine killed two people acting governor Yuri Slyusar released In the neighboring Stavropol region drones hit an unspecified industrial facility governor Vladimir Vladimirov noted on Telegram He added that the attack sparked a brief fire but didn t specify where exactly Vladimirov revealed cellphone internet in the region was restricted because of the attack a measure officials regularly take across the vast country that critics say helps widespread online censorship An unconfirmed media account mentioned videos posted online by local residents indicated that the drones hit the Signal radio plant that makes jamming equipment The Associated Press was unable to verify the claim Drones also targeted Moscow but were shot down according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and an unspecified industrial facility in the Penza region southeast of the capital Gov Oleg Melnichenko commented Russia s Defense Ministry explained that its air defenses shot down or intercepted a total of Ukrainian drones including over the Bryansk region on the perimeter with Ukraine over the Rostov region six over the annexed Crimean Peninsula four over the Azov sea three over the Black Sea and a inadequate others over the Orlov Tula and Belgorod regions In Russia s Ingushetia region in the North Caucasus a woman and three children were injured after a drone fell on a private house regional vitality authorities announced Follow AP s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https apnews com hub russia-ukraine