Kyiv: Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing three
people including a child and wounding dozens, officials said Thursday.
The strike was the latest in a string of Russian attacks that have caused civilian casualties and intensified in recent weeks, as the United States continues efforts to negotiate a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv.
Thirty people, including five children, were wounded in the attack, said Serhii Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional administration.
Local authorities said the drones caused widespread damage to civilian infrastructure, including an educational institution, a dormitory, a gymnasium and multiple residential buildings. Emergency Service said the strikes triggered multiple fires across the city.
In reaction to the Dnipro attack, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged allies to support the country with air defense weapons.
“Every defence package from partners for Ukraine now, every form of support from the world for our resilience, is literally protecting lives,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram Thursday. “Russia uses every day and every night to kill.”
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian delegation was in Paris for a round of bilateral and multilateral meetings with representatives of countries from the “coalition of the willing,” including France, Germany and the United Kingdom, said Andrii Yermak, head of the Presidential Office. The multinational force is expected to act as a long-term security guarantee aimed at deterring future Russian aggression after a ceasefire is in place. The delegation includes Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov.