Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk region kill six after ceasefire expires

Russian forces launched attacks in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday, killing at least six people, regional officials said, after the expiry of a U.S.-mediated ceasefire.



Ukrainian officials said Russia launched more than 200 drones overnight, putting an end to hopes that the three-day ceasefire that ended Monday would be extended.



Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, meanwhile, said his country's forces had struck gas facilities in Russia's central Orenburg region, more than 1,500 km from its borders.



A drone attack on an apartment building in Zelenskiy's hometown, the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killed two and injured four, including the dead couple's nine-month-old granddaughter, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha and the head of the military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, said on Telegram.



The child's leg was severed.



Zelenskiy, also writing on Telegram, denounced the strike as "cynical and devoid of all military logic".



"After the end of the partial three-day ceasefire, Russia continues to kill and maim Ukrainians and pressure on it must therefore in no way be weakened," he said.



Northeast of Kryvyi Rih, an aerial bomb strike killed four and injured three, Hanzha said.