At least five killed in Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine

Ukrainian aerial unit says Russia struck with 215 missiles and drones successful overnight assault.

At slightest 5 radical person been killed and much than 20 wounded arsenic Russia launched a barrage of missiles, drones and bombs crossed Ukraine, officials said.

The Ukrainian aerial unit said connected Saturday that Russia struck with 215 missiles and drones overnight, and Ukrainian aerial defences changeable down and neutralised 87 drones and 7 missiles.

At slightest 3 radical were killed and 17 others, including 2 children, were wounded successful the northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said, describing the battle arsenic “the astir powerful” connected the metropolis since Russia launched its full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful 2022.

He reported 48 Iranian-made drones, 2 missiles and 4 guided bombs were fired earlier dawn astatine the metropolis of 1.4 cardinal people, located conscionable 50km (30 miles) from the Russian border.

“Drones are inactive circling above,” Terekhov wrote connected Telegram astatine 4:40am (01:40 GMT), arsenic aerial raid sirens wailed crossed the city. Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were heavy damaged.

The northeastern metropolis was besides deed by a rocket onslaught connected Thursday that near 18 radical injured, including 4 children.

Surge successful attacks

Elsewhere successful the south, Russian shelling deed the metropolis of Kherson, sidesplitting a mates and damaging residential buildings, determination Governor Oleksandr Prokudin confirmed. In Dnipro, 2 women, aged 45 and 88, were injured successful abstracted attacks.

Officials said connected Friday that astatine slightest six radical were killed and dozens were wounded connected Friday erstwhile Russia launched an aerial bombardment crossed Ukraine. Rescue workers successful the metropolis of Lutsk connected Saturday recovered different body, raising the toll from Friday’s attacks to seven.

Moscow said Friday’s battle was carried retired successful effect to Ukrainian “terrorist acts” against Russia, saying subject sites were targeted.

The surge successful Russian attacks follows a Ukrainian drone cognition past weekend that damaged nuclear-capable subject craft astatine Russian airbases heavy down the beforehand lines, including successful Siberia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to retaliate for the attack, which Kyiv reportedly planned for 18 months utilizing smuggled drones.

Ukraine, meanwhile, continues to propulsion for a 30-day ceasefire and presented its latest connection during talks successful Istanbul connected Monday. But Moscow has rejected calls for a truce, insisting the warfare is simply a substance of nationalist survival.

“For us, it is an existential issue,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday. “It concerns our nationalist interest, our safety, and the aboriginal of our country.”

Putin has demanded Ukraine retreat from 4 partially occupied regions, wantonness its NATO ambitions and halt each Western subject practice – presumption Kyiv has dismissed arsenic unacceptable. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has alternatively called for a three-way acme involving himself, Putin and United States President Donald Trump.

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