At least 4 killed and 16 injured in Russian attack on Ukraine

Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 16, local officials said.

in the capital, KyivTimur Tkachenko, head of Kiev’s city military administration, said two people were killed and nine wounded in a ballistic missile attack early Saturday.

A non-residential building caught fire in one location, while debris from intercepted missiles fell on an open area in another, damaging windows of nearby buildings, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service wrote on the messaging app. telegram,

“Explosion in the capital. The city is under ballistic attack,” Mayor vitali klitschko Wrote on Telegram during the attack.

Acting regional governor Vladislav Khavanenko said two people were killed and seven injured in the Dnipropetrovsk region. He said apartment buildings, private homes, an outbuilding, a shop and at least one vehicle were damaged in the attacks.

The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched nine missiles and 62 drones, of which the air defense intercepted four missiles and 50 drones.

In Russia, the country’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 121 Ukrainian drones over Russia overnight.

These attacks took place after the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky United States of America On Friday it called for sanctions on Russian oil to be extended from the two companies to the entire region, and for Russia to retaliate with long-range missiles.

Zelensky was in London for talks with two dozen European leaders, who have pledged military help to protect their countries from future Russian aggression if an armistice ends more than three years of war.

The meeting, hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, was aimed at increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to trigger recent measures including a new round of sanctions from the United States and European countries on Russia’s significant oil and gas export earnings.

The talks also discussed ways to protect Ukraine’s power grid from Russia’s near-daily drone and missile attacks as winter approaches, bolster Ukrainian air defenses and help supply Kiev with long-range missiles that can strike deep inside Russia. Zelensky has urged the US to send Tomahawk missiles, a move that US President Donald Trump has considered.

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