Russia has launched its latest massive strike of drones and missiles in Ukraine and focused on areas in the west of the nation bordering on the European Union.
Attack – including areas that have so far recorded few strikes in the war – left at least two people dead and damaged residential houses and other civil infrastructure.
The Kremlin forces fired nearly 600 Russian drones and 26 cruise missiles in Ukraine, including in Chernivtsi, near the border with Romania and Moldova. It was the first strike in a historically important city of about 265,000 people because Russia launched its full invasion in February 2022.
Two people and 14 injured were killed there, including four hospitalized with serious injuries, local authorities said. In the distant western city of Lviv, residential houses, university and city courts were damaged. The man was killed in the city of Donetsk in the words of the Russian shell, said the mayor of the city.
Russia in Ukraine increased air strikes after increased drones production and recently fired more than 500 UAVs per day. The United Nations said Ukraine recorded its highest monthly civilian victims in three years in June, with 232 people killed and 1,343 injured.
“The pace of Russian air strikes requires quick decisions – and it can be limited by sanctions right now,” said Volodymyr Zlenskiy on Saturday on the X platform.
“Multiple air defense systems are needed, along with investments in interceptor drones that already bring good results. We expect not only signals from our partners, but steps to save lives.”
In the latest color of Ukraine, they shot down 25 excursion missiles and 319 drones, while another 258 drones were stuck, the air defense forces said. Yet one rocket and 20 loituring ammunition hit targets in five places, while the debris dropped to 19 places, forces said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said the strikes were delivered against the Ukrainian defense industry in the Lyiv, Charkiv and Lutsk, as well as the recruitment centers of the Army and the Military Airport in an unspecified place. About 189 Ukrainian drones were reduced over Russia last day, the ministry said.
Zelenka said on Friday that the US continued to transport military aid of Ukraine, which was unexpectedly stopped last week.
“According to all reports, the offer was renewed,” Zelenskiy said late on Friday in his everyday video report. “We will continue to work with the US party at a military level, especially our army with General Keith Kellogg.”
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