The Ukrainian army said it shot down ten drones on Saturday but another five had hit energy facilities, leaving some one point five million people without power.
Later on, the exiled mayor of Melitopol said a Ukrainian strike had been carried out on the Russia-held city.
Images shared by a Moscow-installed official there showed a big fire.
Ukrainian officials saidRussia’s drone attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa saw Moscow fire Iran-made drones at key infrastructure.
Since October, Moscow has been targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with large waves of missile and drone strikes.
In Melitopol, pro-Moscow authorities said a Ukrainian missile attack had killed two people and injured ten.
