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Russian strikes kill 9 people and injure dozens in Ukraine
Russian airstrikes on various regions of Ukraine killed 9 people and injured dozens, damaging homes, energy facilities and industrial areas. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had used about 500 unmanned aerial vehicles since the morning.
Airstrikes on various regions of Ukraine on Saturday caused deaths and widespread damage. The attacks killed 9 people and injured dozens, damaging homes as well as infrastructure facilities, energy centers and industrial areas.
Civilian casualties in Ukraine have increased over the past two months as Russia has intensified its attacks on power plants and other infrastructure facilities. Kyiv authorities are also carrying out attacks on energy facilities and warehouses in Russia's distant regions, as well as maritime transport assets belonging to the two countries.
Zelenskyy: Russia used about 500 unmanned aerial vehicles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had sent about 500 unmanned aerial vehicles toward targets in Ukraine since the morning. Zelenskyy argued that the attacks had moved beyond the front line and were targeting the economy, including facilities that could help Ukraine withstand the conditions of war.
Zelenskyy said Russia aimed to weaken the Ukrainian economy and break the country's resilience, adding that the attacks were carried out in pursuit of that goal.
Three attacks on civilian vehicles in Kramatorsk
Three separate attacks targeting civilian vehicles took place within 90 minutes in Kramatorsk, a city on the front line. The Kramatorsk City Council said 3 people were killed and 4 were injured, adding that the vehicles were not military and that the people were on the roads carrying out their daily activities.
Two people were killed in an attack on a store in the city of Zviahel in the Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv. Zhytomyr Regional Governor Vitaliy Bunechko said the attack also affected two gas stations and a foreign-owned facility.
Deaths in Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih
Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih in the country's southeast were also targeted. Zaporizhzhia Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said 2 people were killed and 11 were injured in attacks on the city and surrounding areas.
Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Military Administration, said 2 people were killed in the city in overnight attacks involving unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles.
The Russian military said it had struck several industrial facilities, including the Zaporizhzhia Steel steelmaker in Zaporizhzhia, the Interpipe Steel complex in Dnipro and the Northern Iron Ore Processing Plant in Kryvyi Rih.
About 40 people injured in Odesa attacks
Attacks that began overnight in Odesa on the Black Sea coast continued until Saturday evening. About 40 people were injured in the attacks. The administrator responsible for the eastern parts of the Russian-controlled Donetsk region also said that 3 people were killed in Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle attacks.
Moldovan authorities closed the country's airspace for about an hour after an unmanned aerial vehicle was detected near the Ukrainian border. Seven border crossings were also temporarily taken out of service. During the same week, the departure of Zelenskyy's plane to Norway was delayed.
Ports and industrial facilities targeted in reciprocal attacks
Russia's Defense Ministry said attacks on Ukrainian ports were continuing and that a cargo ship in Odesa said to be carrying military-use materials had been struck. The ministry also said two cargo ships had been targeted overnight at the Port of Chornomorsk in the early hours of the day.
The Ukrainian military said one of Russia's largest synthetic rubber producers had been struck in the city of Tolyatti in the Samara region, causing a fire at the facility. The synthetic rubber and fuel additives produced at Tolyattikauchuk are linked to the fuel used in Russian missiles.
Samara Regional Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said industrial facilities had been attacked by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles but did not specify which facilities were damaged. Tolyatti Mayor Ilya Sukhikh said some homes in the city were damaged and 1 person was injured.
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