Russian forces attacked Poltava Oblast overnight on May 26, damaging residential areas and infrastructure facilities, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported.
In the Poltava district, Russian forces destroyed a residential building where an elderly woman lived. Rescuers pulled her from the rubble and handed her over to medics.
Fires caused by the Russian strikes were extinguished. A total of 82 rescuers and 21 units of State Emergency Service equipment were involved in the response.
Photo: Department of the State Emergency Service in Poltava Oblast
Photo: Department of the State Emergency Service in Poltava Oblast
Photo: Department of the State Emergency Service in Poltava Oblast
Russian forces also attacked Odesa with ballistic weapons on the evening of May 25, causing explosions in the city.
Photo: Department of the State Emergency Service in Poltava Oblast
Photo: Department of the State Emergency Service in Poltava Oblast
Photo: Department of the State Emergency Service in Poltava Oblast
Photo: Department of the State Emergency Service in Poltava Oblast
The blast wave shattered about 50 windows in five residential buildings. Another 47 windows were damaged at a school.
Four people were injured in the Russian strike on Odesa, and one of them later died.