Ukraine's State Emergency Service released images of its firefighters at the scene of the strike on the market in Nikopol

Ukraine's State Emergency Service released images of its firefighters at the scene of the strike on the market in Nikopol

A Russian drone hit a covered market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Saturday, killing five people and wounding 19, officials said, as Moscow pressed on with intensified daytime attacks. 

The market, in Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, was hit at 9:50 am (0650 GMT), the local prosecutor's office said.

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