Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned Russia launched a big missile and drone barrage in a single day, killing a minimum of three individuals, injuring a number of others and leaving hundreds with out energy.
Kremlin forces fired greater than 300 drones and 30 missiles of varied varieties throughout a minimum of 10 areas, Zelenskiy mentioned Saturday in a submit on X.
One particular person was killed and 6 injured when a multi-story residence constructing was hit within the Black Sea metropolis of Odesa. Pictures on social media confirmed the constructing in flames. 1000’s had been left with out electrical energy after infrastructure was broken in a single day within the northeastern Sumy area, close to Ukraine’s border with Russia.
In depth missile injury was sustained within the Dnipropetrovsk area of central Ukraine, together with in Pavlohrad, a metropolis with a pre-war inhabitants of about 100,000. Two individuals had been killed, regional Governor Sergiy Lysak mentioned on Telegram.
Russia launched an enormous assault on Ukraine’s central areas earlier this week, together with Zelenskiy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih, after US President Donald Trump pledged new weapons provides for Kyiv on the situation that the armaments be paid for by NATO allies, primarily from Europe.
“I thank all of the leaders who perceive how essential it’s to promptly implement our agreements,” Zelenskiy mentioned in his submit.
“Joint weapons manufacturing, funding in drone manufacturing in Ukraine — particularly interceptor drones — the supply of air protection methods and missiles for them, and the flexibility to fabricate them right here in Ukraine — all of this protects lives and is required by Ukraine proper now,” Ukraine’s president mentioned.
Individually, Russia’s protection ministry mentioned it had shot down about 83 Ukrainian drones in a single day and early Saturday morning. No rapid reviews of injury had been obtainable. One other 27 drones had been shot down in a while Saturday, the ministry mentioned.
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