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The Ukrainian air force said Sunday it shot down 10 of the 14
drones and one of the three missiles Russia launched overnight.
Oleh Kiper, Odesa's regional governor, said the two who died in
the suburbs of Odesa on Saturday night were a married couple,
and that another person was wounded in the attack.
At least 41 people were wounded Sunday afternoon when a Russian
aerial bomb struck a multistory residential building in Kharkiv,
Mayor Ihor Terekhov said, adding that the guided bomb hit the
10th floor of the building, with the fire spreading across four
stories. Twelve other buildings were also damaged, he said.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said that it downed 29
Ukrainian drones overnight into Sunday over western and
southwestern regions, with no damage caused by the falling
debris. It also said another Ukrainian drone was shot down
Sunday morning over the western Ryazan region.
While Ukraine and Russia regularly launch overnight drone raids
on each other’s territory, Ukrainian officials generally don't
confirm or deny attacks within Russia’s borders.
The latest attacks came after Ukraine made a new call Saturday
on the West to allow it to use the long-range missiles they have
provided to strike targets deep inside Russia, as Ukrainian
forces struggle to hold back Russian advances in eastern
Ukraine.
So far, the U.S. has allowed Kyiv to use American-provided
weapons only in a limited area inside Russia’s border with
Ukraine.
Kyiv officials argue the weapons are vital to weaken Russia’s
ability to strike Ukraine and force it to move its strike
capabilities further from the border.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took to social media on
Sunday to again appeal for a shift in the West's policy on the
use of long-range weapons, noting that Russia had launched
“around 30 missiles of various types, more than 800 guided
aerial bombs, and nearly 300 strike drones against Ukraine” this
week.
“Ukraine needs strong support from our partners to defend lives
against Russian terror — air defense, long-range capabilities,
support for our warriors. Everything that will help force Russia
to end this war," Zelenskyy posted on X.
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