Russia launched a large assault on Ukraine in a single day into Saturday with lots of of drones, killing not less than one particular person, a part of a stepped-up bombing marketing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to finish the greater than 3-year-old struggle.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on X, saying Russia fired over 300 drones, together with greater than 30 cruise missiles.
One particular person died when Russian forces attacked the Black Sea port metropolis of Odesa with greater than 20 drones and a missile, the town’s mayor, Hennadii Trukhanov, stated Saturday on Telegram, whereas 5 folks had been rescued when a fireplace broke out in a residential high-rise constructing.
In line with Zelenskyy, six different folks had been wounded within the assault on Odesa, together with a toddler, and demanding infrastructure was broken in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy area.
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The Ukrainian president additionally thanked worldwide leaders “who perceive how essential it’s to promptly implement our agreements” aimed toward boosting Ukraine’s protection capabilities, together with joint weapons manufacturing, drone manufacturing, and the availability of air protection methods.
Russia has been intensifying its long-range assaults on Ukrainian cities. It now typically batters Ukraine with extra drones in a single evening than it did throughout some complete months in 2024, and analysts say the barrages are prone to escalate. On July 8, Russia unleashed greater than 700 drones — a document.
Russia’s Protection Ministry stated it shot down 71 Ukrainian drones in a single day into Saturday. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that 13 drones had been shot down as they approached the Russian capital.
In different developments, Ukraine’s overseas minister accused Russia on Saturday of deporting Ukrainian residents into Georgia and leaving them stranded with out correct identification.
Andrii Sybiha stated Moscow has escalated the follow of expelling Ukrainians — lots of whom are former prisoners — throughout its southern border with Georgia, as a substitute of returning them on to Ukraine.
“Dozens of individuals, lots of whom lack correct documentation, have been caught within the transit zone,” he wrote on X. There was no quick response from Moscow.
