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Ukraine war: Russian strikes kill two, Ukrainian attacks hit Russia and occupied areas

From Le Figaro · () French

Translated from French, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Named sources Ongoing story
  • Russian overnight strikes killed two people and injured over twenty in Ukraine.
  • Kyiv's strikes on occupied territories and Russia resulted in one death and ten injuries.
  • The conflict, ongoing since February 2022, has seen intensified Ukrainian strikes as retaliation.

Russian overnight strikes killed two people and injured more than twenty across Ukraine, authorities announced Saturday. Meanwhile, Ukrainian strikes on occupied territories and Russia itself resulted in one death and ten injuries, according to Moscow.

The enemy attacked two districts of the region more than 30 times with drones and aerial bombs.

— Oleksandr GanjaHead of the regional military administration, commenting on the attacks in Dnipropetrovsk region.

In the central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, one person died and two were injured. The regional military administration stated that "the enemy attacked two districts of the region more than 30 times with drones and aerial bombs."

In the northern Sumy region, one man was killed by a drone strike on a house. The regional military governor also reported a "massive attack" on another area of this Russia-bordering region, which caused ten injuries. Strikes on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia injured at least nine people, including two children, according to Ukrainian authorities.

massive attack

— Oleg GrygorovRegional military governor of Sumy, describing an attack on a house and another area in the region.

"The enemy attack caused significant damage to the civilian infrastructure of the city," emergency services reported, noting a residential building was "partially destroyed" with two people rescued from the rubble. Photos showed a damaged building with broken windows and ravaged apartments.

The enemy attack caused significant damage to the civilian infrastructure of the city.

— Emergency servicesCommenting on strikes in Zaporizhzhia.

Russia has continued near-daily bombardments on Ukraine since its full-scale invasion in February 2022. Ukraine has intensified its retaliatory strikes against Russia and Moscow-occupied territories in recent months. A woman died in a Ukrainian strike on Horlivka, a city in Ukraine's Donetsk region controlled by Russia, according to the pro-Russian mayor. Ten people were injured in a Ukrainian strike on Russia's southwestern Volgograd region, with regional administration reporting industrial facilities damaged. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that "Flamingo FP-5 missiles" successfully struck the Titan-Barrikady complex in Volgograd.

partially destroyed

— Emergency servicesDescribing a residential building in Zaporizhzhia hit by strikes.
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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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