Meanwhile, Russian officials accused Ukraine of attacking the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Russia fired five missiles at the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya, killing at least three people, the regional governor announced.
Governor Ivan Fedorov said on state television: “Today's attack is characterized by two missile strikes first, followed by another attack in the same location about 40 minutes later, just as rescue teams and police We have started our activities.”
Thirteen people were injured, including a 9-year-old boy, and four were hospitalized in critical condition. Two journalists were among the injured.
At least three apartment buildings, 10 private homes, a store and an unidentified industrial facility were also damaged, Fedorov said.
Images of the scene shared by Fedorov and the Interior Ministry showed shattered windows of cafes and small shops.
Ukraine's air force has issued a ballistic missile attack alert for areas partially occupied by Russia.
The Russian government has recently stepped up its use of ballistic missiles, which are difficult to intercept.
Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant
Meanwhile, on Friday, Russian officials accused Ukraine of attacking the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Russian state-run RIA news agency quoted the facility's news agency as saying that Ukrainian military drones attacked the power plant but did not cause any damage to critical infrastructure.
“Recently, combat drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been flying around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. In particular, today their arrival was recorded in the area of the cargo port and nitrogen-oxygen station No. 2 of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.” RIA cited the press release.
There was no immediate public comment on Russia's claims from Ukraine, and the attack could not be independently verified.
In the past, both sides of the two-year war accused each other of shelling factories.
Six reactors at the Russian-owned Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, close to the front lines of the war in Ukraine, are not operational, but the plant relies on outside forces to cool nuclear material and prevent a catastrophic accident. There is.
battle on the front lines
Russia's Defense Ministry announced early Friday that it had shot down 53 Ukrainian drones.
“Terrorist attacks by drones” were thwarted, the newspaper said, adding that 44 of them were shot down or intercepted in Rostov, where Russia's operational headquarters in Ukraine is located.
Ukraine has been launching drone strikes in several border areas for months in an effort to push back advancing Russian forces.
On Friday, Ukrainian security sources told AFP news agency that at least six Russian planes were destroyed and “eight more were seriously damaged” in a drone attack on Morozovsk air base in the Rostov region. Moscow has not confirmed any specific attacks and could not independently verify the claims.
Also on Friday, Ukraine warned that the key frontline town of Chasiv Yar in the eastern Donetsk region was under “constant shelling” from advancing Russian forces.
Moscow then announced that it had captured the small village of Vodyan on the outskirts of Donetsk.