Russian missile and drone attacks kill at least eight in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemns the ‘horrific assaults’ and urges allies to spice up Ukraine’s air defences.

Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine have killed at the least eight individuals and wounded 34 others, Ukrainian authorities say, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the “horrific assaults”.

Zelenskyy stated on Monday that at the least 5 individuals have been killed and 28 wounded in a Russian missile assault on Dnipro metropolis, an industrial hub round 100 km (62 miles) from the entrance line, that’s commonly focused by Russian forces.

Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha stated in a Telegram message that one of many victims was a 13-year-old lady. He posted pictures of a constructing with shattered home windows and a blurred photograph of a physique mendacity close to a stairwell.

“Folks have traumatic mind accidents, shrapnel wounds, fractures and blast trauma,” he stated.

At the least three individuals have been killed and 6 others injured, together with a toddler, in a drone assault on Zaporizhzhia, Zelenskyy stated. Town is round 30km from the entrance line and the executive capital of the area Russia claims as annexed territory however doesn’t absolutely management.

The Ukrainian president stated Russia additionally carried out strikes within the Sumy, Odesa, Chernihiv, Kherson and Kharkiv areas.

The Kremlin stated on Monday that Russia’s place on a peace deal is unchanged since 2024, when President Vladimir Putin stated that Kyiv’s forces needed to withdraw from 4 areas Moscow says are its ⁠personal and publicly drop its plans to affix NATO.

Putin stated in a tv interview on the weekend that Russia would press forward with its intention of absolutely controlling these areas, rejecting what he stated was a brand new Ukrainian proposal to cut back the preventing.

Putin stated Kyiv had proposed a mutual halt to ⁠long-range strikes and that ⁠preventing ought to be confined to the 4 areas, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.