Mail sorting centres used by Nova Poshta, Ukraine's largest private postal company, were destroyed in Russian strikes overnight, the firm said. Elsewhere, four people were injured after drones struck an apartment building in Sevastopol, Crimea, according to the Moscow-installed governor.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said he is "grateful" for efforts by four European Union (EU) foreign ministers to build momentum around the idea of using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine's war efforts.
"It is only fair and logical to use Russian assets, rather than only European taxpayers money’, to cover additional costs of defending Ukraine and the rest of Europe from the Russian threat," he said in a post on X.
On Thursday, the foreign ministers of Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain signed a letter calling on the EU to explore new options regarding how the bloc could use frozen Russian assets to benefit Ukraine.
"We believe now is the time to revert to the issue of how can we make further use of Russia's immobilised assets for the benefit of Ukraine," the letter said.
A drone struck a grocery store in the town of Pavlosky Posad, in the Moscow region, on Friday morning, Andrey Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow Oblast said on Telegram.
According to Vorobyov, 46 windows were also blown out at a nearby health centre during the attack.
Efforts were underway to repair the windows and clean up the premises, he added.
Mail sorting centres belonging to Ukraine's largest private post firm, Nova Poshta, in Kyiv and Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, have been destroyed in Russian attacks, the firm has said.
Nova Poshta said on the Telegram messaging app that four guided aerial bombs hit its Sumy terminal and also damaged three trucks.
The company said no employees were harmed in the strikes.
Nova Poshta's facilities have been frequently hit since Ukraine was invaded by Russia in February 2022.
Kyiv recorded 13 air raid alerts in 24 hours on Thursday, the most in a single day since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian online newspaper The Kyiv Independent reported, citing officials.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said that Kyiv spent nearly 15 hours under air raid alerts on Thursday, in a post on X.
Four people were injured after drones struck a five-storey apartment building in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Friday, according to Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the Russian-held peninsula.
Razvozhayev said drones and debris also damaged a hotel, a kindergarten and more than a dozen cars.
Grass near several oil product depots also caught fire, but the depots themselves were not damaged, he said. The fires were later extinguished.
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