Russian strikes kill 3 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy arrives at UN — SkimNews
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- Russian forces launched an overnight barrage of 212 drones, four cruise missiles, and Oniks antiship and ballistic missiles at industrial sites across the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least three and wounding six in Dnipro alone, with strikes also hitting Kryvyi Rih — Zelenskyy's hometown — and Pavlohrad.
- The strikes knocked out power to nearly 100,000 consumers in the northern Chernihiv region after an attack on a power facility, while a 'massive' Russian attack hit an industrial enterprise and critical infrastructure in the Poltava region, according to regional Governor Vitalii Diakivnych.
- Ukraine struck back with drones hitting Russia's Samara region along the Volga River — a hub for oil refineries — killing one and injuring four, while Russia's Defence Ministry said it intercepted 297 Ukrainian drones across various regions overnight.
- Zelenskyy arrived in New York for the UN General Assembly with about 20 meetings planned, including with Trump, European leaders, US senators, House members, and heads of international organisations, announcing on X that a 'drone deal' was ready to sign to bolster air defence and secure war funding.
- Trump and Macron agreed after their own meeting to work toward a moratorium on strikes targeting energy networks and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine — a concession both Zelenskyy and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are set to address at the UNGA later this week.
- The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed its forces hit industrial and military facilities, the fuel and energy sector, port infrastructure and sea vessels operating for the Ukrainian military.
Why it matters: The simultaneous escalation on the battlefield and a packed UNGA schedule gives Zelenskyy a rare diplomatic megaphone with about 130 heads of state present, but the overnight destruction of energy infrastructure in Chernihiv and Poltava — cutting power to roughly 100,000 people — undercuts any near-term narrative of de-escalation even as Trump and Macron publicly back an infrastructure-strikes moratorium.
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