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The youngest injured was a three-year-old girl, said President Zelensky
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At least four people have died in the latest wave of Russian drone strikes with more than 30 wounded across Ukraine, officials have said.
Kyiv said the barrage of attacks damaged apartments and even a school as areas across the north, east and south of the country were targeted. Three children were among the injured in a strike on Ukraine‘s second-largest city of Kharkiv overnight.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the youngest injured was a three-year-old girl.
Ukraine’s air force said that 105 Russian drones and missiles attacked the country overnight in the north, east and south of the country.
The military was able to down 75 drones via fire weapons and electronic warfare.
Mr Zelensky said: “In total, over the past week, there were around 1,270 drones, 39 missiles, and nearly a thousand guided bombs. We are strongly counting on our partners to fully deliver on what we have agreed. Air defense remains the top priority for protecting lives.
“We are also actively advancing agreements on investing in our domestic weapons production, including all types of drones. Special focus is on interceptor drones. We are contracting at full capacity. I thank all partners who are helping.”
Donald Trump has suggested that the US could send more Patriot missile systems to Ukraine, and has not ruled out providing the war-torn country with a new military support package.
Speaking at the Nato summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, the president said “we’ll see what happens” when asked whether Washington would add to the $8 billion pledged by Nato allies.
“They do want to have the anti-missile missiles, OK, as they call them, the Patriots,” the US president said. “And we’re going to see if we can make some available. We need them, too. We’re supplying them to Israel, and they’re very effective, 100 per cent effective. Hard to believe how effective. They do want that more than any other thing.”
Alex Croft reports:
As the BRICS group of developing nations kicked off a summit in Brazil on Sunday, Russian president Vladimir Putin will be attending online due to an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court related to his war in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump said the US will impose an additional 10% tariff on any countries aligning themselves with the “Anti-American policies” of the BRICS group of developing nations, whose leaders kicked off a summit in Brazil on Sunday.
With forums such as the G7 and G20 groups of major economies hamstrung by divisions and the disruptive “America First” approach of the U.S. president, the BRICS is presenting itself as a haven for multilateral diplomacy amid violent conflicts and trade wars.
In a joint statement from the opening of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro released on Sunday afternoon, the group warned the rise in tariffs threatened global trade, continuing its veiled criticism of Trump’s tariff policies.
Trump has not made it clear what the “Anti-American policies” in question would be.
In his latest statement, Zelensky said emphasised that Ukraine was counting on global partners to deliver on agreements as air defence remained a top priority in saving and protecting citizens.
He said: “The Russians launched 101 drones against Ukraine, most of them Russian-Iranian ‘shaheds’. Many regions were affected, and air raid sirens are blaring again across many regions this morning due to attack drones.
“In total, over the past week, there were around 1,270 drones, 39 missiles, and nearly a thousand guided bombs. We are strongly counting on our partners to fully deliver on what we have agreed. Air defense remains the top priority for protecting lives.
“We are also actively advancing agreements on investing in our domestic weapons production, including all types of drones. Special focus is on interceptor drones. We are contracting at full capacity. I thank all partners who are helping.”
President Zelensky issued a statement after 27 people were injured overnight in Russian aerial strikes, including three children.
“Throughout the night and into the morning, emergency rescue operations have been underway in the Donetsk and Dnipro regions.
“In Kharkiv, rubble is being cleared after a strike on apartment buildings. 27 people were injured, including three children.
“The youngest, a girl, is just three years old. Three people have been hospitalized. Unfortunately, there was one fatality in Odesa. My condolences to the family and loved ones.”
Ukraine’s air force has reported 105 Russian drones and missiles attacked the country overnight in the north, east and south of the country.
The military was able to down 75 drones via fire weapons and electronic warfare.
Ukraine has inked deals with European allies and a leading US defence company to step up drone production, ensuring Kyiv receives “hundreds of thousands” more this year, the war-time country’s president announced.
Volodymyr Zelensky did not name the US business in his nightly video address to Ukrainians, but said Ukraine and Denmark have also agreed to co-produce drones and other weapons on Danish soil.
“With Denmark – new agreements on coproduction. The Danish model of investing in Ukraine’s own DIB has proven its effectiveness. Joint work on the territory of Denmark, and soon in other key partner countries, is allowing us to scale up even more. This applies to drones and many other types of urgently needed weapons,” he said on Saturday night.
He added: “As per drones, we’ve also reached an agreement with one of the leading American companies to significantly increase our joint efforts.”
Ukraine has previously used homemade drones to hit high-value military targets deep inside Russia, demonstrating its capabilities and denting Moscow’s confidence.
Last month, Kyiv said it destroyed more than 40 Russian planes stationed at several airfields deep inside Russia in a surprise attack.
Outmanned and outgunned, Ukraine’s army has also turned to drones to compensate for its troop shortage and shore up its defences.
While Russia has ramped up offensives this summer on two fronts in Ukraine, analysts say the front isn’t about to collapse.
Russian air defence units shot down eight Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow late yesterday, from a total of 90 overnight over Russian territory, the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula, the defence ministry said.
Most came down over regions near Ukraine, but three were also destroyed over the Leningrad area, home to Russia’s second-largest city of St Petersburg, the ministry said this morning.
Russia’s defence ministry reports only the numbers of drones destroyed, not the numbers launched by Ukraine. It also does not report possible damage, but regional governors said the attacks caused no substantial damage.
Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia reported temporary airport closures in the two cities and other regional centres, as well as delays to dozens of flights.
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