Russian drone attacks kill nine in Ukraine after ceasefire expires

Russian drone attacks kill nine in Ukraine after ceasefire expiresJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJaroslav LukivDSNS / Dnipropetrovsk regionUkrainian firefighters tackle a blaze following Russian drone strikes in the central Dnipropetrovsk regionNine people have been killed and at least 28 injured in the latest Russian drone attacks across Ukraine, local officials have said.They said the worst-hit was the central Dnipropetrovsk region, where eight people were killed and 11 injured throughout Tuesday. One casualty was reported in the eastern Donetsk region. Overall, 14 regions were attacked.On Wednesday morning, President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 100 Russian drones were currently over Ukraine, warning of "more waves" of attacks throughout the day.Meanwhile, Russian officials said a gas processing plant and two other industrial facilities in three regions were hit by Ukrainian drones overnight. No casualties were reported.The latest attacks come shortly after a three-day US-brokered ceasefire expired late on Monday. Both Russia and Ukraine reported multiple violations - mostly along the vast frontline - during the truce, but no major aerial attacks.Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.In a post on Telegram on Wednesday morning, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha reported more than 30 Russian attacks on three districts throughout Tuesday.He said two people were killed in Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, and another six in the Synelnykove district - just south-east of the regional capital Dnipro."More than two dozen houses were damaged," Hanzha added.In the north-eastern Kharkiv region, five people were reported injured and a number of residential houses damaged.Russian drone strikes were also reported in the southern Odesa, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as in Poltave - Ukraine's central region.Writing on Telegram on Wednesday morning, Zelens...