Ukraine came under one of the longest barrics of Russian missiles and drones early on Sunday, while air sirens lasted more than 9 hours, before the planned conversations between Kiev and Moscow this week.
The strike at the military training center killed 12 people and injured 60 others, said the Ukrainian ground forces in the Facebook post without providing details of the location of the center. Another person was killed and at least dozen injured, while residential areas, as well as civilian infrastructure, were damaged in central Dnipropetrovsk, Zeporizhzhii, Southern Seza and Northern Kharkiv regions, local authorities reported on the telegram.
The main capital and the surrounding region also came under the attack at the beginning of Saturday night, while the local Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said that Russia has increased the number of strike drones to attack civilian settlements. There were no injuries, although a dozen residential houses were damaged, he added.
“While Russia claims to be preparing for meetings to discuss peace, what he does is attack, terrorization and destruction,” Foreign Minister Andria Sybiha said in post X.
The attack came before the planned second round of negotiations on the end of the war, a preliminary scheduled for Monday in Istanbul. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Saturday “new diplomatic steps” with Europe and the US, and at the same time reiterated that there is still no clear information about what the Russians are planning to bring to the table for interviews.
“We do not have it, Türkiy does not have it, the United States also does not have it and no other partners. And at the moment it looks far seriously,” Zelenky said at his regular address late on Saturday. “So far, however, we only see new Russian strikes and new Russian attacks.”
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