Footage of Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian state-owned aerospace manufacturer PA Pivdenmash (Yuzhmash) plant in Dnipro last night.
Russian long-range cruise missiles killed three people in Ukraine’s central city of Dnipro when they hit a space rocket plant and a nearby street, local officials say.
About 15 people were injured and nearby residential buildings damaged.
Dnipro’s Yuzhmash plant also builds satellites – with one launched into space by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company.
Russia’s defence ministry said the factory made parts for Ukrainian ballistic missiles.
Another two people died when dozens of Russian rockets were fired at Nikopol, south of Dnipro, a regional leader said.
And in the north, Russian rockets hit housing overnight in Chuhuiv, a town near the city of Kharkiv, killing three people, the Kharkiv governor said.
The BBC’s Joe Inwood in the capital Kyiv says that as Russia’s ground offensive in the east has slowed down, there has been an increase in the number of attacks from the air – often hitting city centres.
Air raid sirens sounded right across Ukraine last night, he reports.
A graphic photo from Dnipro following this morning’s attack showed a man lying face down, his head covered in blood. He was said to be a local bus driver who had just finished his shift.
Dnipro has taken in many Ukrainians fleeing the fighting further east in the Donbas region, where Russia has concentrated its ground forces.
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