{"id":476546,"date":"2025-10-05T19:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/476546\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T19:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T19:45:20","slug":"russia-launches-drone-and-missile-strikes-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/476546\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia launches drone and missile strikes on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Russia has launched another deadly round of overnight drone, missile and guided aerial bomb strikes across Ukraine, killing five people in an attack Ukrainian officials said targeted civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Moscow fired 53 ballistic and cruise missiles and 496 drones early on Sunday, local time, Ukraine&#8217;s air force said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that nine regions were targeted, describing the onslaught as &#8220;aerial terror&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Four people, including a 15-year-old, died in a combined drone and missile strike on Lviv, according to regional officials and Ukraine&#8217;s emergency service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It was the largest aerial assault on the historic western city and surrounding region since Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, according to Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the local military administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Earlier in the war, Lviv was seen as a haven from the fighting and destruction farther east.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In a Telegram post, Mr Kozytskyi said Russia launched about 140 Shahed drones and 23 ballistic missiles across the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">At least six more people were injured, according to a statement by Ukraine&#8217;s police force.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A car on fire in the middle of a street at night with damaged buildings in the background.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a6e4edac9433d72243a8eafc5031e1d3\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Russia has been carrying out near-nightly drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian targets in recent months. (AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The strike left two districts of Lviv without power and disrupted public transportation for a few hours early on Sunday, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He said a business complex on Lviv&#8217;s outskirts caught fire following the strike, describing it as a civilian facility unlinked to Ukraine&#8217;s war effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">One person was also injured in the Ivano-Frankivsk region south of Lviv, according to regional head Svitlana Onyshchuk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-04\/russia-launches-biggest-attack-on-ukrainian-gas-network\/105851234\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia launches biggest attack yet on Ukrainian gas network<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The overnight attack consisting of 35 missiles and 60 drones hit gas infrastructure in the country&#8217;s Kharkiv and Poltava regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, an aerial assault killed a civilian woman and wounded nine other people, including a 16-year-old girl, regional head Ivan Fedorov reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He said Russia attacked with drones and guided aerial bombs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Fedorov said the strike destroyed residential buildings and left about 73,000 households in Zaporizhzhia and surrounding areas without power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Separately, six people including a child were injured in Sloviansk, a key city in the eastern Donetsk region that remains under Ukrainian control, after a Russian guided aerial bomb slammed into an apartment block, regional prosecutors said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">They said Russian air strikes on Saturday evening damaged over two dozen residential buildings in Sloviansk, as well as cars, shops and a cafe.<\/p>\n<p>Russia blasts Ukraine&#8217;s power grid as winter approaches<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Mr Zelenskyy on Sunday reiterated his call for Kyiv&#8217;s Western partners to send additional air defences to combat Russia&#8217;s &#8220;aerial terror.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Today, the Russians again targeted our infrastructure, everything that ensures people can live a normal life. We need more protection, a rapid implementation of all defence agreements, especially on air defence, to make this aerial terror pointless,&#8221; he said in a Telegram post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ukraine has for months conducted its own long-range strikes on Russia, many of which have targeted Moscow&#8217;s oil infrastructure and contributed to persistent fuel shortages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">For its part, the Kremlin has ramped up attacks on Ukraine&#8217;s power grid ahead of winter, as in previous years since the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A bombed out ground-floor bedroom with shattered glass and window frames blown across a bed.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/85cc24fd0ff9fbe66f91a4c2215abe79\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">After being considered a safe haven from the war&#8217;s destruction, Lviv is being targeted by drone and missile strikes as Russia&#8217;s invasion drags on.\u00a0 (Reuters)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Kyiv calls it an attempt to weaponise the weather by denying civilians heat, light and running water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Serhii Koretskyi, the chief executive of Ukraine&#8217;s state-owned Naftogaz Group, said Sunday&#8217;s attack inflicted further large-scale damage on gas infrastructure that supplies civilians, just two days after what the company said was <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-10-04\/russia-launches-biggest-attack-on-ukrainian-gas-network\/105851234\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105851234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the largest Russian strike on its facilities<\/a> since the all-out invasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Russia&#8217;s goal was to deprive Ukrainians of gas, heat and electricity, Mr Koretskyi was quoted as saying in a Naftogaz statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The company did not elaborate on the damage from the latest strike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Moscow has also stepped up air strikes on Ukraine&#8217;s railway network, which is essential for military transport, hitting it almost daily in the past two months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">On Saturday local time, Russian drones struck a railway station in the northern city of Shostka, killing one and wounding dozens.<\/p>\n<p 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