Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia sent approximately 2,000 attack drones and more than 1,600 aerial bombs, along with 31 missiles of various types, to Ukraine over the past week. Zelenskyy said the missile arsenal also included North Korean-made ballistic munitions.
According to Zelenskyy's statement, settlements along the front line and near the border regions remained under attack almost around the clock. Settlements in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Donetsk and Sumy regions were also affected, along with Nikopol, Kramatorsk and Kherson.
Air raid alerts issued in Kyiv and other regions
The Ukrainian president said numerous air raid alerts had been issued in Kyiv and other parts of the country in recent days. Zelenskyy said some attacks hit residential buildings and civilian infrastructure facilities, describing stronger air-raid protection as a priority.
Zelenskyy says 38 people were killed in Mila
Zelenskyy said efforts to deal with the aftermath of the attack were continuing in the village of Mila in the Kyiv region, adding that firefighters had extinguished most of the fires. He said bomb disposal teams from the State Emergency Service were working around the clock to identify and neutralize explosive devices.
Zelenskyy said 38 people were killed and 20 injured as a result of the attack and the explosion that followed. The Ukrainian president said two children were among the injured, four people were missing and search efforts were continuing.
Zelenskyy said contamination caused by explosive materials in Mila had spread across a wide area and that cleanup efforts would continue as long as necessary. He also said Ukraine was seeking a response to every Russian attack and what he described as criminal acts by Russia.
