Photos: Zelenskyy urges ‘protection of life’ amid deadly Russian attacks

Russian attacks crossed Ukraine person killed astatine slightest 14 people and wounded dozens, officials person said, with the heaviest casualties and harm reported successful the eastbound Dnipropetrovsk portion and the occidental portion of Lviv.

The overnight strikes into Thursday were the latest successful a bid of large-scale Russian attacks connected Ukrainian cities that Moscow has intensified implicit the summer, present taking spot connected an astir play basis.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “it is important to enactment the extortion of life” arsenic helium condemned “Russian terror” successful the aftermath of the attacks.

“Protection against the Russian rocket menace is the astir important task erstwhile it comes to redeeming the lives of our people,” helium said successful a station connected X, adding that the enactment cannot beryllium “left to Ukraine unsocial oregon to immoderate 1 state alone”.

Zelenskyy said Russia fired much than 70 missiles, a important fig of them ballistic, on with much than 280 onslaught drones, and that Ukrainian aerial defences changeable down much than 260 of the drones.

He said delays successful the transportation of anti-ballistic missiles and untimely assistance had contributed to the standard of demolition and casualties seen successful the latest attack, adding that continued enactment for Ukraine’s aerial defences was important to protecting lives.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence, meanwhile, said its aerial defences had changeable down 258 Ukrainian drones overnight. Penza Governor Oleg Melnichenko said a depot belonging to the Wildberries online retailer was acceptable connected fire, adding that 1 idiosyncratic was injured and astir 200 workers were evacuated.