Six injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, officials say


Oct 26 (Reuters) - A ⁠Russian strike on Ukraine's southeastern city of ⁠Zaporizhzhia injured four people overnight, regional governor Mykhailo ‌Semikin said on Telegram on Monday.

Two more were injured in Russian strikes on the Chernihiv region, Ukraine's emergency service said ​on the messaging app.

Also on ⁠Telegram, the Russian defence ⁠ministry said it hit a power station in Ukraine's ⁠second ‌largest city of Kharkiv, a warehouse in the surrounding region and another power ⁠station in the Khmelnitskiy region.

In addition, it ​targeted port ‌infrastructure in Chornomorsk and a cargo vessel en ⁠route to ​Odesa used for military purposes, the ministry said.

The United States has pressed Ukraine to suspend strikes on ⁠Russian oil refineries, which it argues ​added to high energy prices, a sensitive issue for the Trump administration amid its war on Iran ⁠as midterm elections approach next month.

In an interview aired on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that in order for Kyiv to halt the strikes, Moscow ​must stop hitting power infrastructure.

Alternatively ⁠the United States should allow the use of Starshield ​over Russia to detect missile ‌launch sites, or supply Ukraine ​with Patriot missiles, he added.

(Reporting by Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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