Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least six people, officials said Saturday, most of them in an attack on a residential building in the eastern city of Dnipro.<\/p>\n
“The Russians’ tactics remain unchanged: attack drones, cruise missiles and a significant amount of ballistic missiles,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.<\/p>\n
“Most of the targets are ordinary infrastructure in cities. Residential buildings, energy facilities and businesses have been damaged,” he said.<\/p>\n
Four people were killed and 27 wounded in one overnight strike on an apartment block in Dnipro, Oleksandr Ganzha, head of Drinpropetrovsk regional military administration said on Telegram.<\/p>\n
A later strike on another apartment building in the city, killed one person and wounded seven, he said.<\/p>\n
“The Russians hit the same residential neighbourhood as the one targeted overnight,” Ganzha said.<\/p>\n
In the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, one person was killed and four wounded by a Russian drone hit on a civilian minibus, the head of the region’s administration, Ivan Fedorov, said on Telegram.<\/p>\n
Zelensky said the incessant Russian strikes on civilian targets required a strong response from Ukraine’s allies, especially in Europe.<\/p>\n
“Every such strike should serve as a reminder to our partners that the situation requires immediate and firm action, and the rapid strengthening of our air defence,” he said.<\/p>\n
– EU sanctions –<\/p>\n
He urged the European Union to impose even more sanctions on Russia.<\/p>\n
The plea came two days after EU leaders approved a long-stalled 20th sanctions round against Russia that target the banking sector and add new restrictions on exports of Russian oil.<\/p>\n
That package had been blocked for months by Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, who was voted from power two weeks ago. The EU also approved a 90-billion-euro ($105 billion) loan to Ukraine intended to strengthen its defences and cover state expenditures for the 2026\u20132027 period.<\/p>\n
Almost every day since the start of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, civilians have been killed in Ukraine in Russian bombardments.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ukrainian drone attacks over the past 24 hours injured one person in Russia\u2019s Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, governor Alexander Khinshtein announced Saturday on Max.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The governor for Russia’s neighbouring Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said a woman was killed and a man seriously wounded in a drone attack on a car, and a man driving a tractor was wounded in another strike.<\/p>\n
Diplomatic efforts to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II are at a standstill with US mediation efforts diverted by the outbreak of the Middle East war in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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