At least 14 people died and 37 wounded, including five children, in the attacks of missiles and unnimorated airplanes from Russia against the eastern city of Dobropillia de Ukrania and a settlement in the Jarkiv region during the night, the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine said on Saturday.
The Russian forces attacked Dobropillia with ballistic missiles, multiple rockets and drones, causing damage to eight several -story buildings and 30 vehicles, according to the Ministry. The assault resulted in the death of 11 people, including five children, and left another 30 injured.
The Ministry also reported that three civilians were killed and seven injured in a separate drone attack against the Jharkiv region in the Northeast.
“Such attacks show that Russia’s objectives have not changed. Therefore, it is crucial to continue doing everything possible to protect lives, strengthen our aerial defenses and increase sanctions against Russia. Everything that helps Putin finance the war should collapse, ”said President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Facebook.
Separate, he said that Ukraine was “totally committed” to having a constructive dialogue with American representatives in Saudi Arabia next week about ways of finishing the war with Russia.
“Ukraine has been looking for peace since the first second of this war. The realistic proposals are on the table. The key is to move quickly and effectively, ”said Zelenskiy in X.
Zelenskiy said he would visit Saudi Arabia next week and that after meeting with the heir prince Mohammed Bin Salman on Monday, Ukrainian diplomatic and military representatives would stay for a meeting on Tuesday with the US team.
“On our side, we are totally committed to constructive dialogue, and we hope to discuss and agree on the necessary decisions and steps,” he said.
On Friday, Russian forces damaged the Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure in their first great missile attack since the United States stopped the exchange of intelligence with Ukraine, accumulating pressure on kyiv when President Donald Trump seeks a rapid end of the war.
The Pause in the help and military intelligence of the United States can undermine the aerial defenses of Ukraine, since it is exhausted in advanced missiles and struggle to trace attacks effectively, military analysts say.
Dobropillia, home of some 28,000 people before the war, is located in the Donetsk region in East Ukraine, 22 kilometers from the front line of the North of the Pokrovsk key center, which Russian troops have been attacking for weeks.
The fight continues
In the midst of the US efforts to sit at kyiv and Moscow at the negotiating table, the parties continue to participate in active hostilities in an attempt to obtain an advantage.
A tank in the Kirishi Petroleum Refinery of Surgutneftegaz, one of Russia’s greatest, was damaged by the fall of rubble during a large drone attack of the Ukrainian night, said a local official.
The Russian forces, on the other hand, in recent weeks have intensified efforts to expel Kursk’s Ukrainian troops, when kyiv’s forces organized a ray raid on the border and seized a strip of Russian territory in August.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said today that its troops resumed three villages in the Kursk region of the Ukrainian forces.
Reuters He could not independently confirm the battlefield report.
