Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) – Russia fired more than 100 drones in Ukraine’s civilian areas overnight, as the officials said on Monday, as the Kremlin rejected its transport head after a week’s end of the trip, when the airports took hundreds of flights to the ground during the busy holiday season, which was due to the danger of the Kievas.
Ukrainian officials said that at least 10 civilians, including three children, were killed and 38 injured in Russian attacks in the last 24 hours.
Russia is recently Intensified its airstrikes on civilian areas after More than three years of warIn the last week, Russia, Ukraine’s President Volodimier Zelanski said on Monday that some 1,270 drones, 39 missiles and about 1,000 powerful glide bombs launched in Ukraine.
Russia also has a large army Trying to break through About 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) with front line at some points, where Ukrainian forces are severely increased.
Stress to keep Russia’s invasion in the Gulf, lack of progress Direct peace talksAnd last week some stop Promise us weapon shipment Ukraine is forced to seek more military help from the US and Europe.
Zelancesi said on Saturday that Ukraine signed deals with European colleagues and a major US defense company to pursue drone production, ensuring that this year Kiev receives “hundreds of thousands”.
“The main thing for protecting the air defense is life,” Zelancesi wrote on Telegram on Monday.
This includes developing and construction interceptor drones that can prevent Russia’s long distance Shahd droneHe said.
The widespread use of drones has also helped Ukraine compensate for the lack of its contingent on the front line.
Ukrainian officials said that a person was killed in the southern city of Odessa, who was injured in 27 injured in northeast Kharkiv and the falling drone caused damage in two districts of Kiev, during night drone attacks, said Ukrainian officials.
Officials said the Russian short-range drone also killed two people and injured two others in the North Sumi region. Sumi is one of the places where Russia is A large number of soldiers focused,
In addition, nine people were injured in the Donetsk region of Eastern Ukraine and seven were killed, the regional head Vadim Philashkin said. He did not specify the weapons used.
Ukraine’s Ground Forces Command said that more Russian long -distance drone strikes targeted military -raising centers for the third time in five days on Monday, in a clear attempt to disrupt recruitment, said the Ground Forves Command of the Army of Ukraine.
Regional officials in Kharkiv and Southern Zaporizhajia said at least 17 people were injured.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Monday that its soldiers shot 91 Ukrainian drones overnight in 13 Russian areas, as well as the Black Sea and Crimean Peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed Transport Minister Roman Staroviot, an order published on the Kremlin website.
Putin nominated Andree Nikitin, deputy of Starovi, as the acting Minister of Acting. Nikitin was the governor of the Novgorod region of Russia till February.
The announcement did not give any reason for the dismissal of Staroviot. Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov refused to comment on it.
Over the weekend, hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed at Moscow’s Sheremetevo and St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airports, and thousands of passengers had to wait longer. Other airports in western and central Russia also faced disruption due to Ukrainian drone attacks.
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Associated press writer Katie Mary Davis contributed to Manchester, England.
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Ilya Novicov, Associated Press