A Russian drone has hit a tower block in eastern Ukraine and killed three people and injured 12, Ukrainian authorities say.

The attack in Dnipro, Ukraine's fourth-largest city, was part of a large Russian missile and drone barrage across the country that targeted power infrastructure and also killed a worker at an energy company in Kharkiv, farther north, a local official said.

It comes as fighting for the strategic city of Pokrovsk in the country's east has reached a key stage, with both Ukraine and Russia vying to persuade US President Donald Trump that they can win on the battlefield.

A fire broke out and several apartments were destroyed in the nine-storey building in Dnipro, the emergency services said.

Rescuers recovered the bodies of three people, while two children were among t

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