At least one person has been killed in a “massive” overnight Russian attack on central and southern Ukraine, according to authorities, with several cities’ homes and businesses damaged, and Kyiv has struck two Russian oil refineries.
The enemy launched massive strikes on Zaporizhia at night, according to Ukraine’s state emergency service on Saturday on Telegram.
According to regional military administration chief Ivan Fedorov, at least one person died and 24 others were hurt, including two children.
According to Fedorov, “Russian strikes damaged numerous facilities, including cafes, service stations, and industrial enterprises,” destroying private residences.
Early on Saturday, the governor reported strikes in Dnipro and Pavlohrad, and the central Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, which also came under attack.
“The area is under a significant attack,” he declared. Serhiy Lysak, a resident of Alexandria, posted an expletive warning on Telegram, warning viewers to cover up.
Dnipropetrovsk had largely been spared from intense fighting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Moscow claimed it had established a foothold in the area, but Kyiv acknowledged on Tuesday that Russian troops had entered.
Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Crimea are not among the five Ukrainian regions that Moscow has publicly claimed as Russian territory.
In its overnight attack, the Ukrainian air force reported that it had destroyed 510 of the 537 drones and 38 of the 45 missiles launched by Russia, recording five missile and 24 drone strikes in seven locations.
The Ukrainian military reported that overnight it struck Russian oil refineries. The Krasnodar oil refinery’s fire and numerous explosions were reported to the military, according to the report. In the Samara region’s Syzran oil refinery, a fire also occurred.
Kyiv reeling from an incredibly deadly attack
Two days after a devastating Russian drone and missile attack, one of the worst in the capital’s fourth year, that authorities claimed claimed claimed killed up to 25 people, rocked Kyiv and its residents.
Authorities claimed that four of the 22 victims, including four children, were survivors of a destroyed apartment complex in the city’s eastern Darnytskyi district.
The strike, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was the second-largest attack since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, causing damage to the British Council and the European Union.
Meanwhile, Kaja Kallas, the head of the European Union’s foreign policy, stated on Saturday that it was impossible to imagine returning Russian assets that had been frozen in the bloc due to the war without the payment of reparations.
Before a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Copenhagen, she told reporters, “We can’t possibly imagine that if there is a ceasefire or peace agreement, these assets will be returned to Russia if they haven’t paid for the reparations.”
As EU defense ministers met in the Danish capital pledged to train Kyiv’s troops on Ukrainian soil in the event of a truce, Zelenskyy urged allies on Friday to move the talks on security guarantees to the level of leaders.
Source: Aljazeera
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