Russia launched a large assault on Ukraine in a single day into Saturday with a whole bunch of drones, killing a minimum of one individual, 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 warfare.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on X that Russia fired over 300 drones, together with greater than 30 cruise missiles.
One individual died within the Black Sea port metropolis of Odesa, which was hit with greater than 20 drones and a missile, Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov wrote on Telegram, whereas 5 folks had been rescued when a hearth broke out in a residential high-rise constructing.
In keeping with Zelenskyy, six different folks had been wounded within the assault on Odesa, together with a baby, and significant infrastructure was broken in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy area.
The Ukrainian president additionally thanked worldwide leaders “who perceive how vital it’s to promptly implement our agreements” geared toward boosting Ukraine’s protection capabilities, together with joint weapons manufacturing, drone manufacturing and the provision of air protection programs.
Russia has been intensifying its long-range assaults on Ukrainian cities. It now usually batters Ukraine with extra drones in a single night time than it did throughout some complete months in 2024, and analysts say the barrages are more likely to escalate. On July 8, Russia unleashed greater than 700 drones — a file.
Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned it shot down 71 Ukrainian drones in a single day into Saturday. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin mentioned that 13 drones had been shot down as they approached the Russian capital.
In different developments, Ukraine’s international minister accused Russia on Saturday of deporting Ukrainian residents into Georgia and leaving them stranded with out correct identification.
Andrii Sybiha mentioned Moscow has escalated the observe of expelling Ukrainians — a lot of whom are former prisoners — throughout its southern border with Georgia, as an alternative of returning them on to Ukraine.
“Dozens of individuals, a lot of whom lack correct documentation, have been caught within the transit zone,” he wrote on X. There was no quick response from Moscow.
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