A Russian airstrike injured at least 41 people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials said.
Five children were among those injured, regional chief Oleh Syniehubov said, accusing Moscow of “specifically targeting the city’s civilian infrastructure”.
He added that the damaged buildings included a supermarket and a sports stadium and were located in places where residents go every day.
“Russia is once again terrorizing Kharkiv, attacking civilian infrastructure and the city itself,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said after the attack.
ReutersZelensky once again called on Western allies to “provide Ukraine with everything it needs to defend itself.”
Sinehubov said Russia has recorded at least 10 separate attacks, including the use of ballistic missiles.
He added that people in some areas may be buried under the rubble and rescue operations were continuing.
From multiple attack videos shared on social media, BBC Verify found that an attack took place along Akademika Pavlova Street northeast of Kharkiv city center and another 3 miles to the south. The palace building was damaged.
Images of each attack include the moments of missile impact and explosion.
The attack followed a wave of overnight drone strikes by Ukraine against Russian targets and fires at two Russian energy facilities.
Russian officials have not reported any injuries or deaths.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, more than 158 Ukrainian drones have targeted 15 regions of the country, including the capital Moscow.
The Russian military said the drones were intercepted and destroyed.
But the mayor of Moscow said the attack caused a fire in an “independent technical room” of a Moscow refinery.
Sergei Sobyanin reported that at least 11 drones targeted the capital and surrounding areas.
At the same time, a huge explosion was heard near the Konakovo power plant in the Tver region, 75 miles (120 kilometers) from the Russian capital.
Russian media reported a fire at the facility.
The region’s governor, Igor Rudenya, acknowledged that the fire caused by the attack in Konakovsky district had been brought under control, but did not provide details about the specific circumstances of the fire.
Local officials also said that the drone attempted to attack the Kashra power plant in the Moscow region but did not cause fire, damage or casualties.
BBC verify has examined and verified videos posted on social media showing explosions at all three locations. In the film, fires appear to subsequently break out at the Konakovo power station and the Moscow refinery.
Ukraine has yet to comment on the claims.
But over the past few months, the Ukrainian military has been stepping up long-range strikes within Russia, launching dozens of drones simultaneously at strategic targets multiple times a week.
BBC News has learned that Western technology and finance are helping them carry out hundreds of long-range strikes inside Russia.
Local officials in Ukraine said that Russia carried out an overnight air strike on a grain convoy in the Sumy region, resulting in the death of a 23-year-old truck driver.
Prosecutors said a truck caught fire and the attack injured four other people and damaged about 20 others.
The Ukrainian Air Force also said eight of the 11 drones used by Russia were destroyed, adding that food and agricultural facilities in the Nikolaev region were also targeted.
Sumy borders Russia’s Kursk region, which is nearly a month into Ukraine’s military incursion.
Progress has slowed in recent days, but Ukraine last week claimed it controlled 1,294 square kilometers (500 square miles) of territory, including 100 settlements. It also said nearly 600 Russian soldiers were captured.
Meanwhile, Russian troops continue their rapid advance toward a key town in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region – which has been the focus of Moscow’s ground offensive for months.
Pokrovsk plays a vital role as a logistical hub for the Ukrainian armyas it is home to an important railway station and is located at the intersection of several important roads.
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, General Alexander Silsky, called the situation in the main Russian attack area “difficult” but added that all necessary decisions were “taken immediately.”
Ukraine’s latest attack on Russian energy facilities comes a day after a Russian guided bomb struck a Kharkov amusement park Killing a 14-year-old girl.
A similar attack on a residential building in the northeastern Ukrainian city also killed six other people.
Previously, Russia also attacked Ukraine’s energy grid. Deadly wave of drone and missile attacks last week – resulting in the deaths of at least nine people over two days.
Shortly after Russia began its full-scale invasion in February 2022, it began air strikes on Ukraine’s energy systems.
Additional reporting by BBC verify’s Richard Owen Brown and Benedict Garman.
