Deadly strikes hit Ukraine and Russia as aerial attacks escalate
Reciprocal aerial strikes between Ukraine and Russia leave dozens dead and injured, as both sides target critical locations and air defenses.
Russian and Ukrainian forces launched reciprocal aerial assaults across multiple regions, resulting in casualties on both sides. Heavy Russian missile, drone, and glide bomb strikes struck Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, and Kherson, with Ukrainian officials reporting at least 17 fatalities in the capital area. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed appeals for Western air defense interceptors, maintaining that Ukrainian troops will not unilaterally withdraw from Donbas.
Simultaneously, Ukrainian cross-border drone strikes caused casualties across Russian border regions and occupied territories, including Belgorod, Crimea, near Gelendzhik, and around Moscow. Zelensky stated that Moscow redeployed defensive systems from front lines to establish layered protective rings around Russian metropolitan centers. In related developments, former US president Donald Trump voiced hesitation over manufacturing Patriot systems in Ukraine, while Italian naval authorities intercepted a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker off Pantelleria.
Sources: ANSA, Corriere della Sera, Il Messaggero, La Repubblica, La Stampa.
Sources
- La Stampa — Drone su una spiaggia vicino al Palazzo Putin: in tutto 11 morti nei raid di Kiev, fra loro 3 bimbi
- Corriere della Sera — Guerra Ucraina-Russia, le notizie in diretta | Zelensky: «Safary con droni russi sui civili a Kherson». Raid ucraino alla periferia di Mosca: cinque morti e sei feriti
- ANSA — Ucraina: raid russi su Kiev, almeno 17 morti. Zelensky: 'Con gli intercettori sarebbero vivi'
- La Repubblica — Guerra Ucraina - Russia, le news di oggi. Allarme droni a Kiev e Dnipro, udite esplosioni. Attacco ucraino su Belgorod, 13 feriti tra cui 2 bambini
- Il Messaggero — Russia, schierati tre anelli di difesa aerea su Mosca e San Pietroburgo. Zelensky: «Ma le munizioni prima o poi finiscono»
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