Russia and Ukraine Report Casualties Following Attacks
UKRAINE – Both Russia and Ukraine reported casualties on Saturday, with casualties reported on both sides. Ukraine said that at least 5 people were killed and over 30 others injured after Russia launched over 650 drones and missiles.
Ukraine’s General Staff claimed on Telegram that its air force recorded 666 drones and missiles, shooting down 610 targets.
The strikes targeted critical infrastructure in the Ukraine’s Dnipro, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa and Kyiv regions, General Staff added.
The Foreign Ministry said at least five people were killed and more than 30 injured in attacks targeting civilian infrastructure.
“Dnipro was the main target. A residential building was partially destroyed, with people likely still under the rubble,” the ministry said on US social media platform X.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his condolences to the “families and loved ones.”
“Russia’s tactics remain unchanged – attack drones, cruise missiles, and a significant number of ballistic missiles. Most targets are civilian infrastructure in cities,” he said on X, adding that residential buildings, energy facilities and businesses were damaged.
“Each such strike must remind our partners that the situation requires immediate and decisive action.”
Zelenskyy added that Ukraine is in contact with the EU on possible new sanctions against Russia, urging partners to “significantly limit” Moscow’s capabilities with a 21st sanctions package.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed on Telegram that its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 127 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions, including Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Smolensk, Rostov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk, as well as Tatarstan, Crimea, and the Black and Azov seas.
Sverdlovsk Region Governor Denis Pasler said that 6 people were injured following a Ukrainian drone attack targeting a building in Yekaterinburg.
“Six calls to the emergency services have been recorded. No patients are in serious condition. Most of the cases were diagnosed with mild smoke inhalation. One woman was hospitalized,” he said in a social media statement.
He added that the building occupants had been evacuated and a task force and emergency services had been set up.
