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Russian Strikes Kill 15 Including 3 Children in Ukraine
Confirmed
In Short: In Sumy, a Russian strike hit a children's center, killing three people, including a 16-year-old girl, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi.
In Kyiv, a Russian drone hit the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, setting the building ablaze. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported one woman killed and 24 others injured, including three children.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a drone hit a shopping center in Pavlohrad, killing five people and injuring 67 others, according to Informat (Romania).
In Sumy, a Russian strike hit a children's center, killing three people, including a 16-year-old girl, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi.
In Pryluky, a Russian strike destroyed an apartment block, killing 15 people, including four children, and wounding about 50, authorities said.
In Zaporizhzhia, a drone strike killed one man, and another killed one person in the southern region, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The attacks also hit other regions, including Belgorod Oblast, where 130 drones were reportedly downed or suppressed.
Russian regional authorities reported casualties and damage elsewhere, including in Saratov Oblast, where 10 people, including three children, were injured.
The Kremlin claimed that Kyivstar and Omega Telecom data centers were hit, stating these firms were providing services to the Ukrainian army.
The attacks came a day after Moscow vowed to achieve its war aims 'no matter the circumstances,' and as the UK announced new sanctions on Russia.
Ukrainian President Zelensky said Russian forces launched over 2,200 attack drones, 1,650 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles, targeting housing and civilian infrastructure.
The strikes have caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure, including 12 private houses in Kyiv's outskirts, a warehouse, and a production facility.
The attacks have heightened tensions and raised concerns about the stability of logistics routes in the Black Sea, as reported by News (Azerbaijan).
What this adds
The attacks killed at least 15 people, including three children, and injured over 19 others, according to multiple reports.
Background
Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 15 people, including three children, and injured over 19 others, according to reports.
Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 15 people, including three children, and injured over 19 others, according to multiple reports.
What's confirmed
- A Russian drone hit a civilian ship in the Black Sea, killing the captain.
- KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine's capital and the surrounding region injured at least 19 people overnight and into Thursday morning, authorities said.
What's still developing
- The Kremlin has repeatedly said it intends to seize the rest of east Ukraine.
- "This past week, the Russians launched more than 2,200 attack drones against Ukraine, as well as around 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles of various types, a significant number of them ballistic missiles," Zelensky posted on social media.
- During a peaceful protest at the entrance to the construction site on Sept. 22, Tania said she was "roughly dragged through mud" by municipal guards, a local service tasked with maintaining public order and enforcing city regulations.
- Saratov is located approximately 460 kilometers (285 miles) east of the Ukrainian border with Russia, near Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine.
- At least 10 explosions were heard across Kyiv within several minutes early Thursday as Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital.
- The attacks come as the United Kingdom announced a new package of 31 sanctions on Russia, aimed at stemming funding to the “Kremlin war chest, propagandists and torturers”.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was "symbolic" that the US House of Representatives passed the Lindsey O.
- Four children are among the 42 people injured in Friday night's explosion, according to regional head Tymur Tkachenko, with a rescue operation ongoing at the site, in the Bucha district, on Saturday.
- “It is precisely Sen. Graham’s bill, along with other strong sanctions measures taken by our partners against the source of this war, Russia, that represent an extremely powerful tool that can stop this terrorist war and force Russia to seek peace,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
Sources
- AFPlink
- NBC Newslink
- Transylvaniatimeslink
- Kyivindependentlink
- Informatlink
- Newslink
- Huffingtonpostlink
- Al Jazeeralink
- Rferllink
- BBClink
- Bhaskarenglishlink
- Warpbeatlink
- 2Newslink
- WarpBeat — background on Russian Strikes Kill 15 Including 3 Children in Ukraine link
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- The Sunday Guardian — video link