Authorities said the boy died following a strike on a village in Kherson amid Russia's increased bombardment of Ukrainian cities.

Ukraine said it struck a Russian air base on Saturday, while Russia continued to attack Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than 3-year-old war.

Ukrainian officials said on Thursday that at least two people were killed and 25 others injured in a Russian airstrike on the capital Kyiv. “Sadly, two people were reported killed in Kyiv — my condolences to their families and loved ones,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement on X.