Three people were killed in Russian attacks in the town of Krivi Rih, authorities said.
The attack killed a 12-year-old boy and two elderly women, Regional Governor Serhiv Lysak said. “Again, a terrible attack by the enemy on Krivi Rih. In the middle of the night, when the city slept,” he wrote in the network Telegram.Ai it said three other people were injured and more than 22 apartments were damaged.
Krivi Rih, the largest steel-making city, is located near Russian-controlled territories and is constantly the target of Russian air strikes.
Meanwhile, Russian media reported the explosion of an arms depot in Russia as a result of drone attacks from Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine had launched some 100 drones in the occupied area of Crimea during the night hours,
Russian authorities on Saturday closed the segment of a 100-kilometer highway and evacuated passengers from a nearby railway station after the fire caused a series of explosions.
More than 2 and a half years have passed since the Russian aggression began, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared that he has a plan to win the war against Russia and intends to present it to President Joe Biden during his visit to the White House on September 26.
Zelenskyy will also hold a special meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris and said he hoped to have another meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Trump and Zelenskyy spoke by phone in July, but have not met in person since Trump left the White House.
A day earlier the European Union pledged to give Ukraine up to 39 billion euros as part of a loan organised by the group of seven (G7) of the world’s leading industrial countries. The goal of the G7 aid is to help the country rebuild its war-torn economy and energy grid
