Key facts
- Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least eight people and injured dozens more in the past 24 hours.
- A hypermarket in Kryvyi Rih was hit, causing a large fire.
- Drone attacks in Kharkiv killed one person and injured nine.
- Two women were killed in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast due to drone, artillery, and aerial bomb strikes.
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast reported one death and 12 injuries from further Russian strikes.
- Kherson Oblast sustained damage to civilian infrastructure, with two killed and 24 injured.
- A 53-year-old man was killed and eight injured in Sumy Oblast.
Russian forces launched widespread attacks across Ukraine over the past 24 hours, resulting in at least eight deaths and dozens of injuries. A hypermarket in Kryvyi Rih was among the targets, with a large fire breaking out at an Epitsentr DIY store.
In Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported one person killed and nine wounded in a drone attack that hit residential buildings. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two women aged 35 and 74 were killed after Russia struck three districts with drones, artillery, and aerial bombs on Saturday.
Further Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeastern Ukraine resulted in one death and 12 injuries. Ivan Fedorov, the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, stated that Russian forces had launched 1,029 strikes on 50 settlements in the region over the last day.
In Kherson Oblast, two people were reportedly killed and 24 injured this weekend. Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, noted that Russian forces struck critical and social infrastructure, as well as residential areas, damaging 18 high-rise blocks and 17 private houses, along with a church, petrol station, shops, and other facilities.
In Sumy Oblast in northern Ukraine, a 53-year-old man was killed and eight people were wounded following Russian attacks.
Kazakhstan's President Qasym-Jomart Toqayev reportedly urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war, stating, "It is a shame, young people are dying... All this has to be stopped." Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha thanked Toqayev for his message, while Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called it "impossible" to "freeze" the war at the current time.
President Zelenskyy also warned that Moscow was pushing North Korea to send an additional 30,000 troops to support the war effort, with preparations reportedly underway to receive them in the Voronezh region. He stated that Russia is helping North Korea improve its weapons and gain combat experience, posing a threat to Asian nations within range of North Korean missiles.