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Russian Attacks Kill at Least Nine, Wound 45 Across Ukraine
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In Short: Russian strikes, including a drone attack on Kyiv, killed at least nine people and wounded 45 others across Ukraine, according to reports from Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Kyivindependent (Ukraine).
Russian strikes, including a drone attack on Kyiv, killed at least nine people and wounded 45 others across Ukraine overnight into Saturday, according to reports from Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Kyivindependent (Ukraine).
Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that Russia launched 27 ballistic missiles, with only one intercepted by Ukraine’s Patriot system, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was due to a lack of interceptors.
Kyivindependent (Ukraine) confirmed that Russian attacks killed at least nine people and injured 45 others, with specific incidents including a drone strike in Kyiv that killed nine and wounded 33.
In Darnytskyi, seven people were killed and 14 injured as the attack caused fires and damaged homes, vehicles, and an administrative building, according to Al Jazeera (Qatar).
Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) reported that Russian strikes killed at least six people in northeastern Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk region, with a 17-year-old girl among the victims.
Despite the differing details, all outlets agreed that Russian attacks killed at least nine people and injured 45 others across Ukraine, with Kyiv being a primary target.
Zelenskyy warned that Ukraine has run out of interceptor missiles for its US Patriot air defence systems, and maintained that Ukraine's overall drone interception rate stood at 70 percent, with the success rate against advanced jet-powered Shahed drones reaching 57 percent.
The attacks also damaged a hospital in Solomyanskyi District and another medical facility in Holosiivskyi District, according to local authorities.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that a drone struck the seven-story administrative structure at the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, injuring at least 19 people, including three children.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia continues to target Ukraine’s border infrastructure, bringing its war ever closer to NATO borders.
Germany has announced a new support package worth more than €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) for Ukraine, with another €350 million to support repairs to Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
The attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region knocked out power to over half a million homes, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Background
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv overnight, killing at least nine people and injuring 33 others, according to reports from Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Kyivpost (Ukraine).
Russian forces struck a crowded park in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv region, killing six people, including children.
What's confirmed
- Russian strikes, including a drone attack on Kyiv, killed at least nine people and wounded 45 others across Ukraine overnight into Saturday, according to reports from Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Kyivindependent (Ukraine).
- Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that Russia launched 27 ballistic missiles, with only one intercepted by Ukraine’s Patriot system, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was due to a lack of interceptors.
- Kyivindependent (Ukraine) confirmed that Russian attacks killed at least nine people and injured 45 others, with specific incidents including a drone strike in Kyiv that killed nine and wounded 33.
- In Darnytskyi, seven people were killed and 14 injured as the attack caused fires and damaged homes, vehicles, and an administrative building, according to Al Jazeera (Qatar).
- Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) reported that Russian strikes killed at least six people in northeastern Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk region, with a 17-year-old girl among the victims.
- Despite the differing details, all outlets agreed that Russian attacks killed at least nine people and injured 45 others across Ukraine, with Kyiv being a primary target.
- Zelenskyy warned that Ukraine has run out of interceptor missiles for its US Patriot air defence systems, and maintained that Ukraine's overall drone interception rate stood at 70 percent, with the success rate against advanced jet-powered Shahed drones reaching 57 percent.
- The attacks also damaged a hospital in Solomyanskyi District and another medical facility in Holosiivskyi District, according to local authorities.
- Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that a drone struck the seven-story administrative structure at the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, injuring at least 19 people, including three children.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia continues to target Ukraine’s border infrastructure, bringing its war ever closer to NATO borders.
- Germany has announced a new support package worth more than €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) for Ukraine, with another €350 million to support repairs to Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
- The attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region knocked out power to over half a million homes, according to Ukrainian authorities.
What's still developing
- “These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war,” he said, sharing photographs from the playground where the attack occurred, killing among others an 11-year-old girl.
- “Putin does not plan to stop the war, despite massive losses, and is preparing for a broad mobilization. The Russian army and Putin’s regime must be stopped for the greater good,” the report added.
- Ukraine has said it deployed an unmanned vehicle that traveled across land and water and delivered ammunition and supplies to its troops in a technological breakthrough that could boost its frontline efforts.
- Ukraine's defense ministry said the robotic amphibious platform was used for the first time, moving provisions across 25 miles of mixed land and water.
- Ukraine's Third Army Corps said Monday it had recaptured another 20 square miles from the Russians, bringing the total to 68 square miles since the offensive began several months ago.
- "What he should focus on, and what we want to be focused on, is bringing an end to this war. That's what he should be focused on," he added.
- President Donald Trump said that Russia had "lost control" of its diesel industry due to the ongoing fighting with Ukraine and called for an end to the war.
- "A large number of their Diesel refineries have been blown up and are, at least temporarily, out of commission. This ridiculous and never ending War with Ukraine must be ended. The whole World suffers as 25,000 people, mostly soldiers, are being killed each month."
- Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin described Zelenskyy’s open letter proposing the meeting as “boorish,” particularly after a May 22 drone attack on a college dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region that Moscow said killed 21 and wounded scores of others.
- Ukraine on Thursday accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilians after 30 people were killed when two buses were blown up in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, in one of the deadliest attacks in weeks.