KYIV, Ukraine, March 24, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Russian missile and drone strikes triggered air raid alerts across Ukraine on Tuesday, with attacks killing two people in Poltava and another person in Zaporizhzhia, regional military administrations said. Air raid alerts were issued in the small hours in all of Ukraine except for Odesa region, according to regional authorities. "As a result of the enemy attack on Poltava community, damage was recorded to residential buildings and a hotel. Fires broke out," Vitali Dyakivnych, head of the Poltava regional military administration, posted on Telegram. Farther south, Russia carried out a "massive combined missile-drone strike" in Zaporizhzhia, according to Ivan Fedorov, head of the regional military administration.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 24, 2026 03:56 UTC