Kyiv, Ukraine — A pre-dawn Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s southern city of Odessa injured 14 people, including two children, officials said Monday, marking the latest bombing of civilian areas. Full-scale invasion of MoscowNow in its fifth year.
Serhiy Lysak, head of the city administration, said the drones targeted residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure. Russia has repeatedly targeted Odessa, a key Black Sea port for Ukraine.
According to Oleh Kipar, head of the regional military administration, five wounded were hospitalized, most of them with shrapnel wounds.
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone strike in the Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Kherson region killed two people, Moscow-installed governor Vladimir Saldo said on Monday. A 70-year-old man and a woman died in Nipriani village, he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Russia had fired about 1,900 attack drones, about 1,400 powerful guided aerial bombs and about 60 missiles of various types at Ukraine in the past week.
Wartime development of Ukraine cutting edge military technology Zelensky claimed in a post on Twitter that this means it is intercepting more than 90% of drones launched by Russia. However, Ukraine needs more American-made Patriot air defense missiles capable of shooting down Russia’s ballistic missiles.
Ukraine has recently Helping countries in the Middle East and Gulf regionWho are countering the attacks by Iranian drones in their area with their knowledge Iran war.
Additionally, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said on Monday that Norway is the latest European country to sign a joint drone manufacturing agreement with Kiev.
Zelensky noted recent good news for Ukraine: NATO partners, excluding the United States, have contributed to a financial arrangement to buy American arms, with the European Union approving 90 billion euros ($106 billion). loan to ukraineAnd the EU intends to impose further sanctions on Moscow.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is attacking oil terminals and refineries inside Russia with long-range drones and missiles aimed at disrupting Moscow’s economy.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said late Sunday it had seen geo-located evidence that Ukrainian forces have carried out at least 10 strikes against Russian oil and gas infrastructure over the past two weeks.
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