What we’re verifying from Ukraine and Russia this morningpublished at 10:11 British Summer Time
10:11 BST
Paul Brown and Emma Pengelly
BBC Verify
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We’re verifying video and photos posted online following strikes in Ukraine and Russia.
Ukraine’s Air Force said, external overnight Russia launched more than 600 drones and missiles which hit 11 locations while debris from downed targets fell on three locations.
We’ve verified a photo captured in the city of Mukachevo, in the western Ukrainian region of Zakarpattia. It shows heavy black smoke billowing above a group of buildings. According to Ukraine’s minister of foreign affairs the complex belongs to a US electronics manufacturer.
In the centre of Lviv, western Ukraine, we have also verified video which shows damage to what appears to be an office block and a two-storey building. According to the city’s mayor, Andriy Sadovy, the attack killed one person and injured three. Twenty-six buildings and a kindergarten were damaged, he said.
Russia also reported Ukrainian drone attacks across 10 areas, the majority of them in the south-western Rostov region. We’re monitoring videos apparently showing fire and smoke at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery. We’ll post an update here if this is confirmed.
Nasa’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (Firms), which detects active hot spots from space, is detecting activity at that site today.
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This screenshot shows Nasa’s Firms satellite monitoring has picked up hotspots at the refinery – denoted by the red rectangles