4 killed in Ukraine’s Dnipro as Russia strikes with ‘more than 2 dozen drones’

A Russian drone attack killed at least four people and wounded 21 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, damaging high-rise buildings and triggering fires in a hotel, service stations and homes, an official said Saturday.

Both Russia and Ukraine have stepped up their aerial attacks even as US President Donald Trump pushes the Kremlin and Kyiv to agree to a ceasefire after more than three years of costly fighting.

Late Friday, Russia sent “more than two dozen drones” to Dnipro, Sergiy Lysak, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region wrote on his official Telegram account.

Lysak said four people were killed and by Saturday morning he sent an updated statement that said the number of wounded had risen to 21.

“The massive attack caused large-scale destruction and fires. A hotel and restaurant complex, 11 private houses, garages, and a petrol station were on fire,” he said, adding that high-rises and cars were also damaged.

The fires were extinguished, Lysak said, offering condolences to the families of the victims.