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Zelenskyy says Russia launched more than 2,200 drones at Ukraine in one week
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 2,200 attack drones, about 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles were launched at his country within one week. Night attacks killed three people in the Zaporizhzhia region and one in Kyiv, while a strike on a data center in Kyiv injured three people, including two children.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces launched more than 2,200 attack drones, about 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles at Ukraine over the past week. Zelenskyy said a significant portion of the missiles were ballistic.
Deaths reported in Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv
Zelenskyy said four people were killed in the overnight attacks. Three of the deaths occurred in the Zaporizhzhia region and one in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian president said three people were killed in attacks in the Zaporizhzhia region, while a man died in Kyiv after a drone struck the area.
Energy facilities and civilian infrastructure targeted
Overnight, homes, energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure in the Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Poltava, Zhytomyr and Kyiv regions were targeted in the attacks.
Zelenskyy also said Russian forces carried out two attacks on a data center in Kyiv in the morning. He said the first attack injured three people, including two children.
Zelenskyy calls for increased international support
Zelenskyy said Ukraine was continuing to cooperate with European countries, the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and other partners to strengthen its defense and advance diplomatic efforts.
Zelenskyy argued that the positions of China, India, Brazil, South Africa, the G20 and Global South countries were not sufficiently firm. He said these countries had influence over Russia and could contribute to achieving peace.
Zelenskyy said establishing reliable security in Ukraine would contribute to strengthening global security and stability, adding that his country was continuing its work in defense and diplomacy.
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