At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities reported. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression by remembering at least 707 children killed by Russia since the war began in February 2022.
In the eastern Donetsk region, five people died and 11 were wounded. The National Police said seven settlements, including Dobropillya, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk, were shelled, destroying 42 civilian objects, including 16 residential buildings.
In the northeastern Kharkiv region, three people were killed and 21 injured in missile and drone attacks, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
In the Sumy region, two people died and four women were wounded in a strike on the village of Yampil, said regional military head Oleg Hrygorov.
In the central Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was killed and five injured. Governor Oleksandr Ganzha reported fires in Slobozhanske and Petrykivska, which were extinguished.
In the southern Kherson region, one person died in the settlement of Komyshany.
Zelenskyy stated that at least 707 Ukrainian children have been killed, with thousands more wounded, abducted, or missing. He vowed that “the evil Russia has brought must be punished.”
The Kremlin responded by saying Zelenskyy is welcome to meet Putin in Moscow “any time,” though Putin has not yet seen Zelenskyy’s letter, according to spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
In Russian-occupied areas, a Ukrainian drone killed one person in Luhansk, and a drone attack on a train in Crimea killed one and injured three. Later, three people died in a strike on non-residential buildings in Simferopol.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed control of the village of Komsomolskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region, reporting Ukrainian losses of up to 430 servicemen and four armored vehicles.
President Putin called for strengthening Russia’s air defenses after Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot and naval base in St. Petersburg.
Source: www.aljazeera.com