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Thirty people, including five children, were wounded in the
attack, said Serhii Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional
administration.
Local authorities said the drones caused widespread damage to
civilian infrastructure, including an educational institution, a
dormitory, a gymnasium and multiple residential buildings.
Emergency Service said the strikes triggered multiple fires
across the city.
In reaction to the Dnipro attack, Ukraine's President Volodymyr
Zelenskyy urged allies to support the country with air defense
weapons.
“Every defense package from partners for Ukraine now, every form
of support from the world for our resilience, is literally
protecting lives,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram Thursday. “Russia
uses every day and every night to kill."
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian delegation was in Paris for a round of
bilateral and multilateral meetings with representatives of
countries from the “coalition of the willing,” including France,
Germany and the United Kingdom, said Andrii Yermak, head of the
Presidential Office. The multinational force is expected to act
as a long-term security guarantee aimed at deterring future
Russian aggression after a ceasefire is in place.
The delegation also includes Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. Yermak said talks with
representatives of the United States are also scheduled.
“We are working on important aspects for the security of Ukraine
and all of Europe,” Yermak wrote on Telegram.
Separately, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its air
defense systems shot down 71 Ukrainian drones overnight across
six regions. Of those, 49 drones were intercepted over the Kursk
region, which borders Ukraine, it said. Kyiv’s forces seized a
strip of land in the area during a surprise incursion in August
2024.
Additional drones were downed over the Bryansk, Vladimir, Oryol,
Ryazan, and Tula regions, the ministry said.
And in Ukraine, Russia launched five missiles along with 75
strike drones overnight, the air force said Thursday. Air
defense forces destroyed 25 drones, while another 30 were
jammed.
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