(ANSA-AFP) - KYIV, DEC 5 - Ukraine officials in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia said Monday that two people had been killed by Russian missiles as authorities in several regions urged residents to shelter from a fresh Russian missile barrage.

Nearly half of Ukraine's energy grid has been destroyed by recent Russian missile strikes and Kyiv last week had warned of a fresh wave of attacks. "As a result of enemy missile attacks on the village of Novosofiivka in the Zaporizhzhia district, several private houses were damaged. Preliminarily, two people were killed," the head of the Zaporizhzhia region Oleksandr Starukh said. In a later update, the Ukraine presidency said that three people were injured in that attack. AFP journalists in the capital reported disruptions to electricity services there. (ANSA-AFP).