UPDATE - At least 10 killed as Russian missiles strike Ukrainian cities overnight

UPDATES WITH DEATH TOLL; CHANGES HEADLINE, LEDE

By Seda Sevencan

ISTANBUL (AA) - The death toll from a series of Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities rose to 10, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Friday.

In a statement on Facebook, Klymenko said Russia launched missile attacks on the cities of Dnipro, Uman and Ukrainka in the morning.

According to him, one of the missiles hit an apartment and warehouse building in Uman, located about 190 kilometers (118 miles) south of the capital Kyiv.

"Ten people, including children, lost their lives in the attacks, and 9 people were hospitalized," he said, referring to casualties in the central city of Uman.

The injured are currently receiving medical assistance, said Klymenko, who added: "Three children were saved."

In Dnipro, a woman and a three-year-old toddler were killed in the most recent strikes on the city, Mayor Borys Filatov said, adding that "high-precision weapons" had been used.

"High-precision weapons ... once again killed civilians in Dnipro," Filatov said on Facebook.

Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 11 Russian missiles and two unmanned aerial vehicles en route to Kyiv on Friday night, according to Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration.

Russia also launched missiles from the Caspian Sea region early on Friday, Ukrainian officials said.

Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said on Telegram that 21 out of 23 cruise missiles and two operational-tactical drones "were destroyed by the anti-aircraft missile units of Ukraine's Air Forces in cooperation with the air defense systems of other elements of our Defense Forces."

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the past 24 hours, the army had successfully repelled 65 attacks launched by Russia on the Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka areas.

In a statement, the army said Russia had launched eight missiles and 31 airstrikes, as well as 56 rounds from multiple rocket launchers, on Ukrainian military and civilian positions.

"Civilians suffered, private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged," the army said, adding that all of these were "repelled by units of the defense forces."