Handout photo released by Kooperativ Telegram Channel, flames and smoke rise from the scene after a warplane crashed into a residential area in Yeysk, Russia
Kyiv - Air strikes cut power and water supplies in a repeatedly bombed Ukrainian city on Tuesday. Crashed Russian warplane near a residential apartment on Monday claims 13 lives.
Repeated bombing in Ukraine has pounded energy and infrastructure facilities, part of an apparent quickening effort by Russia to drive Ukrainians into the cold and dark as winter bites.
The Russian warplane that crashed Monday into a residential area in a Russian city on the Sea of Azov after suffering engine failure left at least 13 people dead, three of whom died when they jumped from the upper floors of a nine-story apartment building to escape a massive blaze.
A Su-34 bomber came down in the port city of Yeysk after one of its engines caught fire during takeoff for a training mission, the Russian Defense Ministry said. It said both crew members bailed out safely, but the plane crashed into a residential area, causing a fire as tons of fuel exploded on impact.
The office of the President of Ukraine announced that the attack carried out in the morning using Iranian-made death drones caused panic among the people and killed 4 people.
Last day, Ukraine shelled the Russian border city of Belgorod.
The White House said it would hold Russia accountable for war losses Monday morning, hours after drone strikes on Ukrainian cities destroyed an apartment building in Kyiv and killed four people.
A pregnant woman was among the four killed in the attack on the residential building, Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said. Ukraine's Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi said there were deaths in other cities but did not give the full toll.
Interfax Ukraine news agency said Telegram users had reported blasts in the town of Fastiv just outside Kyiv, as well as in the southern port of Odesa.
Russian forces also targeted infrastructure across Ukraine in the second wave of air strikes in a week, like the first coming in the morning with people going to work and school.
Ukrainian soldiers fired into the air trying to shoot down the drones after blasts rocked the capital Kyiv on Monday morning. An anti-aircraft rocket could be seen streaking into the morning sky, followed by an explosion and orange flames, as residents raced for shelter.
U.S. President Joe Biden's press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the White House "strongly condemns Russia's missile strikes today" and said the attack "continues to demonstrate (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's brutality".
Ukraine said the attacks were carried out by Iran-made "suicide drones", which flew to their target and detonated.
ran on Monday stuck to its denial that it is supplying the drones to Russia, while the Kremlin has not commented.
The White House accused Iran of lying when it said Iranian drones were not being used by Russia in Ukraine.
In Russia itself, a Russian fighter plane crashed into a residential building in the southern city of Yeysk, engulfing apartments in flames, the regional governor said. At least four people were reported killed, according to Interfax.