Russian attacks on Ukraine killed three people and injured six over the past day, regional authorities reported on June 16.
Russia targeted a total of nine Ukrainian oblasts — Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. Casualties were reported in the latter two regions.
In Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces struck the village of Ulakly, around 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of Russian-occupied Donetsk, using multiple rocket launchers, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.
The attack on Ulakly killed three and injured five. The strike also damaged two administrative buildings, a house, a shop, and eight cars.
In Kharkiv Oblast, Russian forces attacked the village of Kurylivka in the region's Kupiansk district with a multiple rocket launcher, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
A man was injured, while three houses were damaged due to the strike.
Russia fires around 3,500 missiles a month on Ukrainian civilian targets and infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 14.
In recent months, Russia has also intensified its attacks against Ukraine's critical infrastructure in a renewed assault against the country's energy grid.
As a result of the attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukraine began implementing rolling shutdownson May 15, but they have dramatically increased since then.
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