Russia pounds Kyiv in mass drone and missile attack
Russia, Kiev and other parts of Ukraine launched hundreds of drones and missiles, killed at least four people, and since the beginning of the full -scale war began in one of the most continuous attacks in the capital.
Neighbor Poland closed the airspace near the two Southeastern city, and the air force confused as a reaction until the danger was dangerous.
Ukraine’s army said that Russia launched 595 drones and 48 missiles over a night early on Sunday, and air defenses have dropped 568 drones and 43 missiles. The main goal of the strike was the capital Kyiv, he said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the attack, which lasted more than 12 hours, killed four people, including a child, killed two people in the two Kiev Cardiology clinic.
80 people were injured in strikes and factories, housing buildings and energy -producing areas were damaged, he said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday, using long -range air and sea -based weapons and drones to target military infrastructure, including airports, using a “big” attack on Ukraine.
Moscow, thousands of people were killed and greatly damaged by their attacks, despite the fact that Ukraine against Ukraine refused to target civilians.
Zelenskiy called on the international community to move determined to cut the energy revenues that finance Russia’s occupation again. Ukraine has never been able to convince US President Donald Trump to bring punishing sanctions on Moscow.
“Determining action time is delayed and we give a strong response from the USA, Europe, G7 and G20,” he said.
Speaking at night video address, Zelenskiy said that Russia “every hour, every hour, to strike to Ukraine,” he said.
Zelenskiy said it is important for Russia to target Russia’s energy resources, especially the tanker fleet.
He described the attack on the Southeast Zaporizhzhia overnight as “extraordinarily violent” with approximately 40 wounded.
Kyiv woke up with aloud explosions, fire -flying drones and air defenses exploded. Air Raid warning at 9.13 hours, when it ends about seven hours after the beginning, the smoke from one of the strike areas dragged in the sky in the morning.
Reuters journalists visited a region where the desks of newly built houses in the Kiev suburbs were almost completely destroyed and parked cars were flattened with falling debris.
The inhabitants were eliminated from the wreckage of an apartment block after their windows were blown by an explosion force.
Some people hurriedly hurried to the subway stations underground, where they followed the activities on their mobile phones.
Such attacks extended Ukraine’s limited air defenses for 2025. On Saturday, Zelenskiy said that an additional Patriot missile system was deployed from Israel and expects two more in this fall.
O and other officials wanted more from international partners to protect the sky of Ukraine, but air defense systems are limited to availability, and other nations is eager to support their defenses among the perceived threats from Russia.
