Published: 10:35, October 6, 2025
5 killed, 10 injured in Russian attack on Ukraine's infrastructure
By Xinhua
A rescuer and a civilian check the debris of a destroyed house following a Russian rocket strike on the outskirts of Lviv, Ukraine, Oct 5, 2025. (PHOTO / AP)

KYIV/MOSCOW - At least five people were killed and 10 others injured in an overnight Russian attack targeting Ukraine's infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday.

The attack involved about 500 combat drones and more than 50 missiles, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and cruise missiles, the president wrote on social media.

Nine regions in western, southern, northern, eastern and central Ukraine were targeted, he added.

In the western Lviv region, four members of one family, including a 15-year-old, were killed, said the regional Prosecutor's Office. It described the attack as the most severe assault on the region since the start of the conflict, damaging several industrial and energy facilities.

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyy said that the Sparrow industrial park was set on fire during the strikes.

Local authorities also reported strikes on critical infrastructure, including energy facilities, in the northern Chernihiv region and the western Ivano-Frankivsk region.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that its forces had conducted large-scale overnight strikes on Ukraine's military-industrial sites as well as its gas and energy infrastructure. 

The raid involved combat drones and long-range precision weapons, including hypersonic aeroballistic "Kinzhal" missiles, the ministry said in a statement on Telegram.

The Russian troops also struck rolling stock for rail transportation of military equipment to combat zones in the Donbas region, a fuel supply center, storage and preparation sites for launching drones and rockets, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries in 137 areas, according to the statement.

The Russian army took control of the settlement of Kuzminovka in the Donetsk region, it added.