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Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 2, injure 35 over past day, as repeated strikes hit Zaporizhzhia
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In Short: Kyivindependent (Ukraine) reported that Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least two and injured 35 others over the past day, with repeated strikes hitting Zaporizhzhia.
Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) also reported that Russian and Ukrainian strikes killed at least 16 people over the last 24 hours, with both countries citing ongoing conflict.
Kyivindependent noted that three people, including a 63-year-old man and two women aged 56 and 76, were injured in Sumy Oblast, while Arabnews specified that Kyiv said Russian strikes had killed at least six people in Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk.
Kyivindependent reported that Russia launched 857 strikes on 52 settlements in Zaporizhzhia, including two missiles at the city, while Arabnews did not specify the number of strikes but mentioned that Russian forces targeted residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia.
Kyivindependent stated that Russian attacks damaged or destroyed facilities in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, and Poltava, while Arabnews did not provide details on the specific locations affected.
Kyivindependent reported that in eastern Donetsk Oblast, at least one person was killed and 10 others were injured, while Arabnews did not provide specific casualty figures for this region.
Kyivindependent noted that in northern Chernihiv Oblast, a 33-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman were injured by Russian drone attacks, while Arabnews did not mention injuries in this region.
Both Kyivindependent and Arabnews reported that Russian attacks killed at least two and injured 35 others over the past day, with repeated strikes hitting Zaporizhzhia.
Kyivindependent reported that Ukraine shot down three Kh-59/69 missiles and 112 drones, while Arabnews did not mention these defensive actions.
Kyivindependent reported that Ukrainian officials claimed a Russian collaborator involved in the sham referendums in occupied territories was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike, while Arabnews did not mention this claim.
Kyivindependent reported that Russian forces launched nearly 40 attacks against 21 settlements in the oblast over the past day, while Arabnews did not provide specific numbers for these attacks.
Kyivindependent reported that the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration reported this on Telegram, while Arabnews did not mention this specific source.
Kyivindependent reported that the day before, Russian forces launched 890 strikes on 49 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, while Arabnews did not provide this specific information.
Background
Russian attacks across Ukraine have killed at least two and injured 35 others over the past day, with repeated strikes hitting Zaporizhzhia.
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv overnight, killing at least nine people and injuring 33 others.
What's confirmed
- In total, Russia launched 857 strikes on 52 settlements of the Zaporizhzhia region, fedorov said, including two missiles at Zaporizhzhia.
- Russian strikes killed eight people across Ukraine a day after Moscow vowed to achieve its war aims "no matter the circumstances", authorities said Sunday.
What's still developing
- Since then, Ukraine says it has retaken roughly 150 square miles of territory in the southern Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, where Russian forces had previously been advancing rapidly.
- "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.
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- Russian authorities said a Russian military officer had been killed in a targeted attack in Sevastopol, Crimea’s biggest city, and that a woman has subsequently been arrested on suspicion of carrying out the attack.
- Back in 2014, a Ukraine defense ministry spokesperson told CNN that the Zaporizhzhia had been taken over and placed under the flag of the Russian naval fleet when its commander abandoned it.
- Other major cities, such as Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, also saw significant increases in civilian casualties.
- Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi announced the latest deaths on Sunday, saying Russian strikes hit a children's centre in the northern city of Sumy, killing three people including a 16-year-old girl.
- "Sixteen sites have been damaged," including 12 private houses in Kyiv's outskirts, as well as a warehouse and production facility, it added.
- The strikes had targeted housing "and other civilian infrastructure" in various parts of the country, he added In Moscow, Russia's defence ministry said it bombed a Kyivstar data centre in Kyiv and another belonging to the Omega Telecom company, claiming that the firms were providing services to the Ukrainian army.
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