Following a new round of drone and missile attacks by Russia, air raid sirens have gone off throughout Ukraine.
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In the capital, Kyiv, explosions were reported overnight. According to the mayor, the "biggest" kamikaze drone strike too far injured five persons.
The attack on the southern Odesa region resulted in the death of one person. Red Cross of Ukraine claims that their warehouse was attacked.
It is the fourth attack on Kyiv in eight days, occurring only one day before Russia observes Victory Day.
The yearly celebration honors the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Soviet Union during World War Two, a battle with which the Kremlin has illegitimately attempted to draw comparisons ever since it began its invasion of Ukraine last year.
Following a recent respite in Russian assaults on civilian targets, during which Kyiv went days without an attack, Moscow has stepped up its air raids in the last week in anticipation of an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The Ukrainian military reported that Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones swarming over the nation were used in the most recent Russian raids, which lasted for more than four hours and were launched just after midnight.
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, claimed that Russia had launched up to 60 drones, calling it the "biggest" drone strike.
He said the remaining 36 drones had been destroyed above Kyiv, but five persons had been hurt by drone debris that had fallen to the ground.
According to Kyiv's military administration, emergency services were called after drone debris fell onto a runway at Zhuliany international airport, one of the city's two commercial airports.
The authorities also stated that residents of a residential block in the Shevchenkivskyi neighborhood of downtown Kyiv were hurt by drone debris.
Ukrainian officials said that a warehouse in the Black Sea port city of Odesa caught fire after Russian warplanes launched eight missiles at targets.
The Red Cross of Ukraine announced in a statement that due to the destruction of its warehouse holding humanitarian goods, all relief deliveries had to be stopped.
Later, Natalia Humeniuk, a spokesman for Ukraine's Southern Command, said that a security guard's body had been recovered from the rubble.
The Kherson, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv districts have also been the target of a wave of missile attacks, according to a daily statement from the Ukrainian military command.
According to local authorities, at least eight people, including a toddler, were hurt in two villages in the southern Kherson area.
Vladimir Rogov, the leader of the imposed Russian government in Zaporizhzhia, said that Russian soldiers had attacked a warehouse and a Ukrainian army position in the tiny city of Orikhiv.
The commander of Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine reported that Russian forces had increased their shelling in an effort to retake the city by Tuesday's festivities.
Despite Bakhmut's dubious strategic relevance, Russian forces and fighters from the Wagner Group, a private military firm, have been attempting to seize it for months.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the creator of Wagner, appeared to reverse course on his plan to leave the city over the weekend after receiving assurances of a new ammunition supply from the Moscow military ministry.
According to the European Union, 9 May will henceforth be observed as Europe Day, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The action, which requires legislative consent, is viewed as a direct rebuke to Russia.
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Using the name "Ruscism"—a shorthand for "Russian fascism"—Mr. Zelensky said he had signed a decree designating the day as a celebration of European unity and the overthrow of that ideology.
In addition, he declared that May 8th would henceforth be recognized internationally as a Day of Remembrance and Victory.
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