The attack on the southern city took place shortly before massive drone attacks against Kharkiv, which have so far injured four people.

Russia targeted the city of Kharkiv with a massive drone attack late at night on April 8, causing multiple fires and injuring at least one person. The attack injured at least one person as of midnight local time,

Ukraine's air defenses shot down 56 of 88 Russian drones, its air force said. It added that 24 drones were "lost" as the military used electronic warfare to redirect them.

KYIV: Russia launched missiles and drones targeting Ukraine early on Monday (Apr 21), waking up Kyiv and the eastern half of the country, hours after the one-day Easter ceasefire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin came to an end.

Ukrainian cities have been hit in horrific missile and drone attacks with dozens injured including young children and Russia has been accused of using shrapnel bombs to cause more carnage

Meanwhile, in the latest in a series of attacks, Russia launched eight missiles and 87 drones at Ukraine overnight into Saturday, causing damage in five regions across the country, the Ukrainian air force said.

Ukraine has accused Russia of continuing its attacks despite Vladimir Putin claiming to have ordered a unilateral ceasefire over the weekend.