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Russian Strikes Kill 15, Including 3 Children, Across Ukraine
Confirmed
In Short: Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 15 people, including three children, and injured over 19 others, according to multiple reports.
Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding regions have killed at least 15 people, including three children, and injured over 19 others, according to reports from Kyivindependent (Ukraine) and Transylvaniatimes (Romania).
The attacks also targeted civilian infrastructure, including a shopping center in Pavlohrad, where five people were killed and 67 injured, as reported by Informat (Romania).
In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, three people were killed in night-time strikes, while a Russian drone strike killed one man in Kyiv, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi announced that Russian strikes hit a children's center in Sumy, killing three people, including a 16-year-old girl.
Russian regional authorities reported additional casualties and damage in Belgorod Oblast, where one person was killed and four injured, and 130 drones were downed or suppressed.
The Kremlin claimed that it bombed a Kyivstar data center in Kyiv and another belonging to Omega Telecom, stating that these companies were providing services to the Ukrainian army.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the UN General Assembly that his country intended to continue its military campaign 'to the end', emphasizing Moscow's determination to achieve its war aims.
The attacks included over 2,200 attack drones, around 1,650 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles, with a significant number of them being ballistic missiles, as reported by Zelensky.
The strikes targeted housing and other civilian infrastructure in various parts of the country, disrupting internet access and damaging a film studio’s building housing three soundstages.
The attacks also hit a civilian ship in the Black Sea, killing the captain, and a bird facility, where equipment and feed were destroyed.
Most importantly, the people are alive, according to a statement from a company whose facility was damaged. The company emphasized that everything else is a matter of time, resources, and collective effort.
The Russian defense ministry released an image of a drone bearing the ironic message 'Digital Detox', confirming that the strikes were aimed at disrupting internet access in Ukraine.
What this adds
The attacks reported today are more extensive than the previous reports of Russian strikes that killed at least 13 people and injured over 100 across Ukraine.
Background
Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least 13 people and injured over 100, according to Kyivindependent (Ukraine) and Al Jazeera (Qatar).
Russian strikes killed at least 13 people and injured over 100 across Ukraine, according to Kyivindependent (Ukraine) and Al Jazeera (Qatar).
What's confirmed
- Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding regions have killed at least 15 people, including three children, and injured over 19 others, according to reports from Kyivindependent (Ukraine) and Transylvaniatimes (Romania).
- The attacks also targeted civilian infrastructure, including a shopping center in Pavlohrad, where five people were killed and 67 injured, as reported by Informat (Romania).
- In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, three people were killed in night-time strikes, while a Russian drone strike killed one man in Kyiv, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi announced that Russian strikes hit a children's center in Sumy, killing three people, including a 16-year-old girl.
- Russian regional authorities reported additional casualties and damage in Belgorod Oblast, where one person was killed and four injured, and 130 drones were downed or suppressed.
- The Kremlin claimed that it bombed a Kyivstar data center in Kyiv and another belonging to Omega Telecom, stating that these companies were providing services to the Ukrainian army.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the UN General Assembly that his country intended to continue its military campaign 'to the end', emphasizing Moscow's determination to achieve its war aims.
- The attacks included over 2,200 attack drones, around 1,650 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles, with a significant number of them being ballistic missiles, as reported by Zelensky.
- The strikes targeted housing and other civilian infrastructure in various parts of the country, disrupting internet access and damaging a film studio’s building housing three soundstages.
- The attacks also hit a civilian ship in the Black Sea, killing the captain, and a bird facility, where equipment and feed were destroyed.
- Most importantly, the people are alive, according to a statement from a company whose facility was damaged. The company emphasized that everything else is a matter of time, resources, and collective effort.
- The Russian defense ministry released an image of a drone bearing the ironic message 'Digital Detox', confirming that the strikes were aimed at disrupting internet access in Ukraine.
What's still developing
- The Kremlin has repeatedly said it intends to seize the rest of east Ukraine.
- "Sixteen sites have been damaged," including 12 private houses in Kyiv's outskirts, as well as a warehouse and production facility, it added.
- “We’ve been hit. The bird facility – including the chicken coop and quail house – has burned down. Birds and a cat were inside, along with all the equipment and feed,” Snopko wrote.
Sources
- AFPlink
- Transylvaniatimeslink
- Kyivindependentlink
- Informatlink
- Newslink
- Huffingtonpostlink
- Al Jazeeralink
- Rferllink
- BBClink
- Bhaskarenglishlink
- Warpbeatlink
- 2Newslink
- WarpBeat — background on Russian Strikes Kill 13, Injure Over 100 in Ukraine link
- WarpBeat — background on Russian Strikes Kill 13, Injure Over 100 Across Ukraine link