Kyiv: Russian missiles The plane crashed into a town in southern Ukraine, killing seven civilians, including children, and injuring dozens more, local authorities reported.
Ukrainian officials have released photos of a body lying under a picnic blanket in a Ukrainian park. Vilniusand deep pits in the black earth next to the charred, twisted remains of buildings.
Authorities said 36 people were injured in Saturday night’s attack and declared Sunday a day of mourning. Vilniask is located in the Zaporozhye region, less than 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the local capital and north of the front line, where Russian forces continue to occupy parts of the province.
The local governor, Ivan Fedorov, said three children died and nine others were injured.
In a separate Telegram post hours earlier, Fedorov said the strike damaged a store, residential building and an unspecified “critical infrastructure” facility in Vilniask, adding to Russia’s February 2022 comprehensive Before the invasion of Ukraine, the facility’s population was approximately 14,300.
Russia continues to deploy Ukrainian troops in several areas along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front. Moscow has stepped up airstrikes to drain Ukraine of resources, often targeting energy facilities and other critical infrastructure.
After the attack in Vilniask, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Kyiv’s Western partners to strengthen air defense and long-range munitions to deter Russian attacks.
Eight civilians were killed and 14 others wounded on Saturday and overnight in Ukraine’s war-torn eastern Donetsk region, local governor Vadym Filashkin said, with most of the province Shelling occurs almost daily in the area. Shelling also injured one civilian and five others during the same period, the governor of the southern Kherson region Oleksandr Prokudin reported, Telegram reported.
Four people were injured in the northeastern province of Kharkiv, where Russia has launched a cross-border campaign that has threatened Ukraine’s second city in recent months, according to the local governor Oleh Syniehubov. Fierce fighting took place in the province.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Sunday that Russian forces shot down three dozen Ukrainian drones overnight in six regions of southwestern Russia.
Debris from a drone fell on a village in the Kursk region, blowing out windows, damaging roofs and fence. Further north in the city of Lipetsk, a drone was shot down after it appeared to be targeting an industrial area, local governor Igor Artamonov reported. There were no casualties in either incident.
Ukrainian officials have released photos of a body lying under a picnic blanket in a Ukrainian park. Vilniusand deep pits in the black earth next to the charred, twisted remains of buildings.
Authorities said 36 people were injured in Saturday night’s attack and declared Sunday a day of mourning. Vilniask is located in the Zaporozhye region, less than 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the local capital and north of the front line, where Russian forces continue to occupy parts of the province.
The local governor, Ivan Fedorov, said three children died and nine others were injured.
In a separate Telegram post hours earlier, Fedorov said the strike damaged a store, residential building and an unspecified “critical infrastructure” facility in Vilniask, adding to Russia’s February 2022 comprehensive Before the invasion of Ukraine, the facility’s population was approximately 14,300.
Russia continues to deploy Ukrainian troops in several areas along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front. Moscow has stepped up airstrikes to drain Ukraine of resources, often targeting energy facilities and other critical infrastructure.
After the attack in Vilniask, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Kyiv’s Western partners to strengthen air defense and long-range munitions to deter Russian attacks.
Eight civilians were killed and 14 others wounded on Saturday and overnight in Ukraine’s war-torn eastern Donetsk region, local governor Vadym Filashkin said, with most of the province Shelling occurs almost daily in the area. Shelling also injured one civilian and five others during the same period, the governor of the southern Kherson region Oleksandr Prokudin reported, Telegram reported.
Four people were injured in the northeastern province of Kharkiv, where Russia has launched a cross-border campaign that has threatened Ukraine’s second city in recent months, according to the local governor Oleh Syniehubov. Fierce fighting took place in the province.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Sunday that Russian forces shot down three dozen Ukrainian drones overnight in six regions of southwestern Russia.
Debris from a drone fell on a village in the Kursk region, blowing out windows, damaging roofs and fence. Further north in the city of Lipetsk, a drone was shot down after it appeared to be targeting an industrial area, local governor Igor Artamonov reported. There were no casualties in either incident.
