A Russian drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro late on March 28 killed four people and sparked a large fire in a hotel and restaurant complex as well as multiple private homes, the regional governor said.
"According to the information we have at the moment, there are four deaths in Dnipro," said Serhiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, on Telegram.
Russian forces used more than 20 drones in the strike on Dnipro, which also injured 25. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a pregnant woman was among the injured.
"Russia mocks the world’s peace efforts -- dragging out the war and committing these acts of terror because it still doesn’t feel real pressure," Zelenskyy said in his X post on March 29.
Lysak said a high-rise apartment building and nearly 10 private homes had caught fire. The blaze in the hotel complex has been brought under control, he said.
Pictures and videos posted on social media showed flames and large plumes of smoke in the air. Others showed shattered buildings, the badly damaged upper floors of a high-rise apartment block, and streets strewn with smashed glass and pieces of buildings.
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Russian Drone Strike Kills 4 In Dnipro
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha called the attack "Putin’s response to US cease-fire proposals."
Elsewhere on March 29, at least seven people were injured in a missile strike on Kryviy Rih, Ukraine’s state emergency service said in a statement.
The attack also damaged residential buildings, a store, a car wash, and an infrastructure facility along with more than 20 cars.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s armed forces on March 28 reported that a strike carried out the day before in the Bryansk region of Russia destroyed the military infrastructure of a checkpoint. The Ukrainian Air Force struck the Pogar border checkpoint in the locality of Sluchovsk in the Bryansk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces said.
In addition to the military infrastructure, the strike destroyed the checkpoint’s means of communication and electronic warfare as well as a video surveillance system, according to the Ukrainian military. Casualties among personnel are preliminarily estimated at 15 to 40 Russian servicemen, the General Staff said.
It was not possible to verify the claims.
SEE ALSO: The Military And Monetary Impact Of Ukraine's Deep Strikes In RussiaThe General Staff called the air strike a response to the Russian Army’s continued drone attacks on Ukrainian settlements, which destroy civilian infrastructure and kill Ukrainian citizens.
"It is known that Russian [drone] launches have been repeatedly recorded from the Pogar location. The destruction of the specified checkpoint reduces the enemy's potential for conducting combat operations against units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region and in the Kursk direction," the command said in a statement.
The Russian Defense Ministry did not report a strike on the Pogar checkpoint. The governor of the Bryansk region announced a strike on an agricultural enterprise in the area the day before.
SEE ALSO: Key Takeaways From The US Talks With Ukraine And Russia In RiyadhMeanwhile, amid a series of US-led talks aimed at establishing a lasting truce between Kyiv and Moscow, US Vice President JD Vance said on March 28 that he sees "an incredible amount of progress" being made toward a peaceful resolution of the war in Ukraine.
"We make sure that what we're seeing from one party is met by the other party and vice versa [...] For the first time in four years, thanks to President Trump's leadership we have an opportunity to really achieve a peaceful settlement," Vance told reporters while visiting the US military base at Pituffik in Greenland.