Russian attacks kill 5 and wound more than 40 in Ukraine’s Dnipro as 1 dies in Russia
russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least five people and wounded 46, with four bodies found in the rubble of a house after overnight attacks that damaged several buildings. Another person was killed later in the same residential area, bringing Dnipro’s toll to at least five dead and 46 wounded overall.In nearby odesa region,two people were wounded in overnight drone attacks that damaged residential buildings and port facilities. In Belgorod, Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike killed a woman and seriously wounded a man. Romania reported drone fragments found in the southeastern city of Galați near the border with ukraine, with no casualties, a type of incident Romania has documented before. The strikes followed a Friday prisoner swap exchanging 193 service members between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is open to further peace talks in Azerbaijan, noting previous discussions in turkey and Switzerland and expressing readiness for negotiations there if Russia agrees.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least five people and wounded 46, authorities said Saturday.
The bodies of four people were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in overnight attacks, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said.
“The Russians have been hitting Dnipro and other cities and communities practically all night,” Hanzha wrote on Telegram of the attacks, which caused fires to break out across Dnipro and partially destroyed several apartment buildings, businesses and a private house.
Another person was killed in a separate Russian attack on Dnipro Saturday afternoon, according to Hanzha, in the same residential area hit by the overnight strikes. He said that 46 people were wounded in total.
To the southwest, two people were wounded in overnight drone attacks on the Odesa region. Residential buildings, port infrastructure and cars were damaged in the south of the region, regional head Oleh Kiper said Saturday.
In Russia, a woman was killed and a man was seriously wounded by a Ukrainian drone strike in the border region of Belgorod, local officials said.
Following the overnight attacks, Romania’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that drone fragments were found in a residential area of the southeastern city of Galati, near the NATO member’s border with Ukraine. No casualties were reported.
Romania has confirmed drone fragments on its territory on multiple occasions.
The overnight attacks followed a prisoner swap Friday, in which Russia and Ukraine exchanged 193 service members.
Periodic prisoner exchanges have been one of the few positive outcomes of otherwise fruitless monthslong U.S.-brokered negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. The talks have delivered no progress on key issues preventing an end to Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, now in its fifth year.
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While meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is open to continuing peace talks with Russia in Azerbaijan.
“We have already held such talks — in Turkey and with our American partners in Switzerland,” he said. “We are also ready for upcoming negotiations in Azerbaijan, if Russia is ready for diplomacy.”
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