
Car explosion in Moscow targets former aide to ex-Ukrainian PM as European leaders prepare to meet in Dublin.
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The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine features frequent drone strikes and attacks on both sides.
Overnight drone attacks killed several in both Ukraine and Russia.
In the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, authorities said two people had been killed and five others injured. One person was reportedly injured in an attack on a hospital, according to reports from the capital city of Kyiv.
A Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia in the southeast killed a 17-year-old boy, acting regional governor Mykhailo Semikin said.
Meanwhile, In the Russian city of Volgograd, four people were killed and two others injured, regional government said.
Russia's Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the explosion of a car belonging to an exiled Ukrainian political aide in Moscow, Russian media reported.
The car reportedly belonged to Sergei Zavorotniy, a former spokesman for Mykola Azarov, who served as Ukraine's prime minister from 2010 to 2014. He fled to Russia from Ukraine amid anti-government protests in 2014.
According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant, Zavorotniy was hospitalized. Both Ren TV and the 112 Telegram channel reported that he lost his left arm in the attack and sustained a concussion, rib fractures, and other injuries.
Meanwhile, Azarov told Russia's TASS state news agency on Friday that he does not know anything about the explosion except that Zavorotniy survived.
This is the second reported car explosion in Russia following the death of a Russian serviceman in a car explosion in Saint Petersburg on Thursday.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
European leaders are set to convene in the Irish capital of Dublin for an informal European Council meeting on Friday. They are under pressure to nominate someone to represent them in the Ukraine peace talks.
In other news, a second car bomb exploded in Russia, targeting a former aide to the pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Mykola Azarov.

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