KYIV, Ukraine — Russian assaults on Ukraine killed six individuals, together with a baby, and wounded 29, officers stated Saturday, including that Ukrainian forces broken greater than two dozen Russian tankers and different vessels within the Sea of Azov.
Ukraine’s Basic Workers stated 21 tankers used to move oil and petroleum merchandise have been broken in a single day, along with 4 tugboats, two cargo ships and a dredging vessel. Russian officers stated one particular person was killed within the Ukrainian drone strikes and that solely 4 ships got here below assault.
In Ukraine’s northeast Sumy area, 4 individuals have been killed, together with a baby, and 17 individuals have been wounded when two aerial glide bombs hit a crowded space the place civilians have been current, stated Sumy regional head Oleh Hryhorov.
Eleven individuals, together with one little one, have been wounded in missile and drone assaults in a single day on Kyiv, the State Emergency Service reported. Within the southern area of Odesa, two individuals have been killed after a Russian missile struck a constructing, stated regional head Oleh Kiper. One other man was wounded by shrapnel.
Explosions and fires have been reported throughout Kyiv’s Solomianskyi, Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts, the emergency service stated.
Russia launched 12 missiles, together with six ballistic missiles, together with 121 drones towards Ukraine in a single day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated. He stated many of the drones and a few of the missiles have been shot down, however the ballistic missiles reached their targets, reiterating Ukraine’s dire air protection gaps.
Ukrainian air defenses stated they shot down or electronically suppressed two missiles and 111 drones. The air power stated direct hits have been recorded at 11 places.
Russia’s Protection Ministry stated its forces focused drone manufacturing services in Kyiv, in addition to the ports of Izmail and Chornomorsk within the Odesa area.
The ministry additionally stated Russian air defenses destroyed 178 Ukrainian drones in a single day over eight Russian areas, in addition to over the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Black and Azov seas.
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