KYIV, Ukraine — At the least seven individuals have been killed after Russia launched a barrage of drones throughout Ukraine in a single day on Sunday, in keeping with native Ukrainian officers and emergency companies.
The assault on the Ukrainian capital got here forward of cease-fire negotiations in Saudi Arabia by which Ukraine and Russia are anticipated to carry oblique U.S.-mediated talks on Monday to debate a pause in long-range assaults focusing on vitality amenities and civilian infrastructure.
The Ukrainian delegation is predicted to satisfy with U.S. officers in Saudi Arabia a day forward of the oblique talks, Ukrainian President Voldoymyr Zelensky stated. Ukraine is planning to ship technical groups to debate the main points of the partial cease-fire.
Russia launched 147 drones throughout Ukraine, in keeping with the Ukrainian Air Pressure. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 97 and 25 others didn’t attain targets resulting from Ukrainian countermeasures. The assaults struck the Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Odesa and Donetsk areas, in addition to the capital, Kyiv.
Three individuals, together with a 5-year-old youngster, have been killed and 10 others have been injured in a drone assault on Kyiv, town’s navy administration stated. Prolonged sounds of explosions have been heard throughout the Ukrainian capital within the early hours of the evening because the air raid blared for over 5 hours. Russian drones and particles from shot-down drones, which have been flying at decrease altitudes to evade air defenses, fell on residential buildings.
Elsewhere, 4 individuals have been killed in Russian assaults on Ukraine’s Donetsk area, regional Gov. Vadym Filashkin stated, together with three who died in a strike on the front-line Ukrainian city of Dobropillya.
In an announcement on social media, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky stated assaults such because the one in Kyiv have been a each day incidence for Ukraine.
“This week alone, greater than 1,580 guided aerial bombs, nearly 1,100 strike drones and 15 missiles of varied sorts have been used in opposition to our individuals,” he stated. “New options are wanted, with new stress on Moscow to cease each these strikes and this warfare.”
Additionally on Sunday, Russia’s Ministry of Protection stated it had shot down 59 Ukrainian drones in a single day, together with 29 over the area of Rostov and 20 extra over southwestern Astrakhan. In Rostov, one individual was killed and a automobile caught hearth as a result of Ukrainian drone assault, in keeping with the world’s non permanent governor, Yuri Slyusar.
A girl additionally died within the Russian border village of Novostroyevka-Pervaya within the Belgorod area when a Ukrainian drone hit a automobile by which she was touring.
The motive force, the girl’s daughter, was additionally severely injured within the assault, stated native Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov.
