Russia targets Zaporizhzhia after Ukraine launches 1,000-drone weekend barrage
Russian drones struck the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday, a day after Kyiv’s forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia, officials said. The relentless daily attacks underscore the lack of significant progress in diplomatic efforts to end the fighting more than four years after Russia invaded its neighbor. There is no sign […] The post Russia targets Zaporizhzhia after…
Russian drones targeted the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday, following over 1,000 drone strikes launched by Kyiv's forces on Russia the previous day, officials reported. Despite diplomatic efforts to end the four-year conflict, there is no indication of progress as global leaders convene at the U.N. General Assembly this week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy anticipates a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump during the event, while Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend. Trump called the war "ridiculous" and claimed Moscow had lost control over its diesel oil production, noting that many Russian refineries have been destroyed and are temporarily offline.
European leaders, wary of Moscow's intentions, are eager to put additional pressure on Putin to withdraw from Ukraine, but the Russian leader has shown no signs of backing down. On Monday, Russia's bombardment of Zaporizhzhia struck apartment buildings, a university, and a shopping mall, causing injuries to five people, according to Zelenskyy on social media.
Additionally, Russia attacked nine other regions of Ukraine, officials stated. In northeastern Ukraine, a Russian drone strike killed a 45-year-old woman and critically injured her 13-year-old son in the Kharkiv region on Monday, the State Emergency Service confirmed.
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