Russian strikes kill eight, injure dozens across Ukraine — SkimNews
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- Russia struck an apartment block in Kharkiv with a guided aerial bomb early Monday, destroying two floors and injuring at least 22 people including six children, Mayor Ihor Terekov said on Telegram.
- Russia killed three people including a 16-year-old girl in a Sumy airstrike that damaged a children's centre, Ukrainian Internal Affairs Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said.
- Russian strikes on the Odesa region killed one person and damaged residential buildings, a hotel, a medical building, and a grain warehouse in what authorities called a "massive strike."
- Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 2,200 attack drones, 1,630 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles against Ukraine in the past week, calling the bombardment proof that Moscow is not pursuing real de-escalation with American negotiators.
- Russia's Defence Ministry claimed it struck a Kyivstar data centre and an Omega Telecom facility in Kyiv, asserting the firms provided services to the Ukrainian army.
- Lavrov told the UN General Assembly on Saturday that Moscow intends to continue its military campaign "to the end."
- Ukraine struck the Pavlovskaya oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region with drones, according to the Exilenova+ Telegram channel, part of Kyiv's intensified targeting of Russian oil infrastructure in recent weeks.
Why it matters: The Kharkiv apartment strike and Sumy children's centre bombing show Russia's civilian targeting continues despite diplomatic overtures, even as Lavrov told the UN Moscow would fight "to the end." Zelenskyy's tally of 3,800+ projectiles in one week quantifies the escalation while US-led talks remain stalled and Ukraine retaliates against Russian oil facilities.
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