Russian missile attack kills teenager in eastern Ukraine

A Russian missile attack killed a teenage girl and wounded at least nine people in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region, its governor said Tuesday.

Moscow has been intensifying its daily drone and missile barrages in recent months, targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and hitting a number of civilian sites ahead of winter.

"A 17-year-old girl who was seriously wounded in the missile attack on the city of Berestyn has died in hospital," Kharkiv governor Oleg Synegubov posted on Telegram.

"According to preliminary information, nine people were wounded, including a 16-year-old boy," he added, saying emergency units were at the scene.

In neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region, the governor said fires had broken out in the city of Dnipr

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