ADVERTISEMENTAt least five civilians were killed and 10 others injured in the Donetsk and Kherson oblasts of Ukraine in Russian shelling on the cities, officials stated Saturday.
According to authorities, in Donetsk Oblast, three of the victims were reported in the settlements of Andriivka, Novohryhorivka, and Myrnohrad.
Seven people were injured in the oblast —two in Andriivka, two in Novohryhorivka, two in Pokrovsk, and one in Rivne—while two people were killed and three injured in Kherson Oblast, officials stated.
Russian military reportedly tarobtained residential areas and social and key infrastructure in several oblast communities, according to the authorities. Six homes and five apartment complexes sustained damage. Russian strikes also hit a petrol station and garage, leaving several cars damaged.
The long-range Russian attacks across Ukrainian cities come as Moscow’s push to capture more of its neighbour’s land intensified with a relentless bombing campaign.
Less than a week ago, Russia launched what was then the largest aerial assault of the war. Around 550 drones and missiles were launched across Ukraine during the night, the counattempt’s air force stated.
Russia’s largest missile and drone barrage on Kyiv
Friday’s waves of drones and missiles that tarobtained Kyiv overnight are yet again the latest and largest aerial assault since Russia’s invasion launched more than three years ago, Ukrainian officials stated Friday.
The seven-hour bombardment of Kyiv cautilized severe damage across multiple districts of the capital in a seven-hour onslaught, authorities stated. Blasts lit up the night sky and echoed across the city as air raid sirens wailed. The blue lights of emergency vehicles reflected off high-rise buildings, and debris blocked city streets.
Alya Shahlai, a 23-year-old Kyiv wedding photographer, stated that her home was destroyed in the attack.
“We were all in the (basement) shelter becautilize it was so loud; staying home would have been suicidal,” she notified The Associated Press. “We went down 10 minutes before, and then there was a loud explosion, and the lights went out in the shelter; people were panicking.”
Five ambulances were damaged while responding to calls, officials stated, and emergency services rerelocated more than 300 tons of rubble.
“It was a harsh, sleepless night,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.
Hours after the barrage killed two people and wounded at least 26 others, including a child, Zelenskyy stated he had a “very important and productive” phone call with US President Donald Trump.
It came amid concern over the Trump administration’s pautilize of shipment of military aid to Ukraine, including crucial air defence missiles.
The two leaders discussed how Ukrainian air defences might be strengthened, possible joint weapons production between the US and Ukraine, and broader US.-led efforts to conclude the war with Russia, according to a statement by Zelenksyy.
When reporters questioned Trump about the call on Friday night, he responded, “We had a very good call, I consider.”
In response to a question about how to put an conclude to the bloodshed, Trump answered, “I don’t know, I can’t notify you whether or not that’s going to happen.”.
Russian airports suspconclude flights
Meanwhile, Russia’s Rosaviatsia aviation authority stated on 6 July that several Russian airports had suspconcludeed flights becautilize of safety concerns over Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian cities.
The Russian Defence Minisattempt reported that during the course of the night between 5 July and 6 July, it had intercepted 120 drones on Russian soil. Ukrainian authorities have not commented on the report.
A component of Ukraine’s larger plan to sabotage Russia’s logistics well beyond the front line is Kyiv’s drone program, which has been increasingly interfering with civilian air travel in Russia.
On Saturday, Ukraine claimed to have struck a Russian airbase, stateing it hit a glide bomb store and a trainer military aircraft.
“This airfield is the home base of enemy Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-30SM aircraft,” Ukraine’s statement stated.
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