Some 14 civilians required hospitalization in Kharkiv after a Russian S-400 missile struck the city's Kyiv district, causing fires and widespread damage.
Close-range encounters, occurring with alarming frequency across the 700-mile front, reveal how hasty planning and poor leadership are exposing Russian troops to extreme risk.
The killed and injured were port infrastructure workers and Ukrainian citizens. Two of the injured are in critical condition, Governor Oleh Kiper said.
The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office confirms that rescuers have discovered the body of a fourth victim under the debris of a nine-story apartment building struck by a Russian bomb.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine may be partly motivated by demographic concerns. "He wants to use Ukraine and its people to consolidate the Slavic core of Russia," the report says.