KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 A Russian drone strike killed three people in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, local officials said Saturday, while Romania shot down a drone over its airspace for the second time in two days.<\/p>\n
Sumy regional head Oleh Hryhorov said Saturday that a large fire broke out when a drone struck a “civilian facility,” adding that the victims were drivers for private Ukrainian postal and courier service Nova Poshta.<\/p>\n
In Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, a Russian drone attack Friday night hit a shopping center, causing a fire that spread over a 500-square-meter area, causing several injuries, regional head Ivan Fedorov said.<\/p>\n
A major Russian attack Friday on a site near Kyiv that hosted a defense industry event killed at least 10 people<\/a> and wounded nearly 100 others.<\/p>\n Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in his evening address late Friday that intelligence assessments indicated that Russia was preparing missiles for a large attack on Ukraine, saying there were indications that this could happen in the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Romania’s defense ministry said Saturday its forces “safely shot down” a drone breaching its airspace in an “unpopulated area” near the Ukrainian border. Writing on Facebook, Romanian President Nicu\u0219or Dan said the drone was “shot down by a Romanian pilot from an F-16 aircraft.”<\/p>\n Saturday’s interception came after a drone was shot down around Padina, northeast of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, on Friday.<\/p>\n A series of drone incursions from both Russia and Ukraine<\/a> have hit Romania and other NATO members since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n In June, a Ukrainian maritime drone that was being used in the war exploded at the Black Sea port<\/a> of Constanta, while three other sea drones exploded outside the port. No one was hurt.<\/p>\n