KYIV: Russian strikes killed two people and wounded dozens across Ulcraine overnight Saturday and Sunday, while a Ukrainian drone attack killed three people in Russia’s Belgorod region.
More than four years after the start of Russia’s large-scale offensive against Ukraine, the two warring countries are ramping up long-range strikes, causing a growing number of civilian casualties.
Russia is relying on ‘ballistic terror,’ Ukralnian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media, stating that 61 missiles of various types hadbeen fired at his country this week.
‘More pressure, more sanctions against Russia and more air defence for Ukraine are needed,’ he said.
The two people 1(illed by a Russian drone strike were in the major northeastern city of Kharkiv, where four floors of a residential building were also destroyed, Zelensky.
Twenty-three people were also injured, according to regional governor Oleg Synegoubov. Images he shared show a gutted building with emergency services working at the scene.-AFP