at least twelve dead in Ukraine after Russian strikes – Liberation
The strikes are exchanged like prisoners. Ukraine underwent a new massive air attack early Sunday morning, which left at least twelve dead, while in Moscow Ukrainian drones forced airports to temporary closures, a few hours before a last exchange planned for prisoners between Russia and Ukraine.
A second night of attacks against Ukraine, which suffered the appearance of 250 ballistic drones and missiles on the night of Friday to Saturday, mainly in the capital.
Ukrainian emergency services described a « Night of terror in the Kyiv region » in a message on Telegram. « The massive night attack left four dead and 16 injured, including three children » in the region. They also reported a man found dead in the southern Mykolaïv region, after a drone strike.
Four people were also killed and five injured in the Khmelnytskyi region, a city in western Ukraine, in Russian strikes, according to a first assessment drawn up by rescuers. According to the same source, two children aged 8 and 12, as well as a 17-year-old teenager, died in a Russian bombardment in the Jytomir region, in the northwest of the country.
More than a dozen Russian drones were detected early Sunday morning in Kyiv, according to city authorities, and AFP journalists have heard explosions. Most of the country was placed under aerial alert after cruise missile fire.
The air defenses have shot five drones and eleven missiles on theOn the sole region of Kryvyi Rig, said the head of the regional military administration of the center of the country, Oleksandr Vikoul. Attacks have also been reported in the Kherson regions in the south of the country, and Ternopil in the west, by local authorities.
The Ukrainian offensives have not stopped more, the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobianine reporting more of a dozen Ukrainian drones Above the Russian capital, without it causing victims. Four Muscovite airports, whose principal, Cheremetievo, were temporarily closed and then reopened early on Sunday, according to the National Aviation Agency Rossaviatsia.
These attacks arise in full exchange of prisoners, only tangible result of talks of Istanbul, The first between the two parties in three years. 307 Russian wars prisoners were exchanged on Saturday against the same number of Ukrainian engaged. 1,000 prisoners must be exchanged in total.
