Russian shelling and drone strikes killed at least three people and caused damage to critical energy infrastructure in several Ukrainian regions on February 13, regional officials and the military reported.
A 64-year-old man was killed by Russian shelling in the southern city of Nikopol early on February 13, Serhiy Lysak, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said on Telegram, adding that a private house was also damaged.
In the southern region of Kherson, an 83-year-old man was killed in the shelling of the village of Lviv early in the morning, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported. Yesterday, Prokudin said, two civilians were wounded in the region.
In the Kupyansk region in the east, a 55-year-old farmer was killed by Russian shelling of the village of Kurylyivka, Kharkiv regional Governor Oleg Synyehubov said on Telegram.
Several people were also wounded by Russian shelling in the Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions, authorities said.
Russia also launched drone strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region for the second day in a row on February 13, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Lysak said.
"Our defenders downed 10 drones over the city of Dnipro," Lysak wrote on Telegram. "But there were several hits on energy facilities in the city, and a fire broke out."
Ukraine's largest private energy provider DTEK said a power plant sustained significant damage in the attack, but there were no casualties.
Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov said schools were being closed in one neighborhood and one hospital was being evacuated ahead of an expected cold snap that would put additional pressure on the electricity grid.
With nearly 1 million inhabitants, Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city.
Lysak said workers had restored the power supply to the small town of Pavlohrad, east of Dnipro, which had been targeted by Russian drones the previous day.
Separately, Ukraine's air defense said it downed 16 out of 23 drones Russia launched at the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson regions February 13.
