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Overnight attacks kill at least six in Ukraine as Zelenskyy urges sanctions
At least six people were killed and 33 wounded in overnight attacks in Ukraine; Ukrainian authorities said the strikes involved 151 attack drones and six ballistic missiles. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for new sanctions, measures to prevent ballistic weapons production and stronger air defenses.
At least six people were killed and 33 wounded in attacks carried out overnight across Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities said the strikes involved 151 attack drones and six ballistic missiles.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a three-year-old child and the child's grandfather and grandmother were killed in Pukhivka, in the Kyiv region. The child's parents, 15-year-old sibling and a neighbor who was wounded in a second attack while helping the family were taken to hospital.
Zelenskyy said the wounded had thermal burns and shrapnel injuries. He said civilian infrastructure in Kyiv was targeted by six ballistic missiles and that one person was known to have been killed there so far.
Ballistic missiles and attack drones
The Ukrainian Air Force said 135 of the 151 drones heading toward the country's north, south and east were shot down or jammed. The statement said the six ballistic missiles were launched from Iskander-M and S-400 systems.
The Air Force said the missiles and 13 drones struck 12 locations. Debris from the downed drones also fell at seven locations.
Casualties and damage across the regions
Timur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, said three people, including a child, were killed and three others were wounded in Brovary district. Debris damaged a private home, outbuildings and vehicles, while a fire broke out at a site containing an unused building.
A 79-year-old woman was killed when a home in the village of Nikolske in the Kherson region was hit by artillery fire. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was wounded in more than 10 drone attacks on six districts; some facilities were damaged and fires broke out.
Twenty-one people, including an eight-year-old child, were wounded in various settlements in the Sumy region. Two people were killed and eight wounded in attacks on the city of Kharkiv and 16 settlements in the region.
Zelenskyy calls for sanctions and stronger air defenses
Zelenskyy said Europe, the United States and Ukraine want the war to end, while Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to prolong it by using ballistic missiles and drones. The Ukrainian president called for new sanctions and measures to prevent the production of ballistic weapons.
Zelenskyy also called for increased air defense capacity, saying that interceptor missiles for Patriot, SAMP/T, NASAMS and HAWK systems, along with F-16 aircraft based in Ukraine, would help protect civilians.
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