Six people killed and 14 injured after drones and missiles fired overnight against each, as Kremlin targets energy infrastructure
Russia and Ukraine launched overnight massive missile and drone attack overnight against each other, as the US Officials were set to meet Russian representatives in Abu Dhabi as part of efforts to end the war.
Officials in Kyiv said at least six people had been killed in Russian strikes on the city, while Russian officials said at least three had been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the Rostov region.
According to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
“A total of 22 missiles, including four hypersonic Kinzhals, and 464 drones, were fired by Russia in attacks that targeted Kyiv and the surrounding area.
“All officials must remember that lives need to be saved every single day, “Weapons and defence systems are important, as is the sanctions pressure on the opponent”
The Ukrainian said: “What matters most now is that all partners move toward diplomacy together, through joint efforts.”
Zelenskyy acknowledged four drones had also crossed into the airspace of the neighborhood – Moldova and Romania”
The large-scale attacks came as reports surfaced that a fresh round of US-brokered peace negotiations had begun on Monday night in Abu Dhabi, with Dan Driscoll, the US army secretary, flying in to meet a Russian delegation and a Ukrainian team led by Kyrylo Budanov.
Four killed, three injured at a site in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district in the west, and two were killed and five injured in the Dniprovskyi district.
Thirteen separate reports of attack including a damage of 22-storey residential apartment block
A 90-year-old resident,Liubov Petrivna in the Dniprovskyi district, said “absolutely everything” in her apartment had been shattered by the attack and “glass shattered down” on her.
Shortly after 1 am and again at about 7am, explosions were heard in two waves in the Dnipro, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions
Kyiv residents faced another tough morning as Ukrenergo announced emergency power cuts, further disrupting the city’s already strained electricity supply. The outages also impacted heat distribution in many areas, with the capital struggling to recover from previous disruptions.
