Russian strikes across Ukraine kill 3 people as Kyiv struggles to counter escalating attacks — SkimNews
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- Russian forces struck multiple Ukrainian regions on Friday (Oct 9), killing 3 and wounding at least 8 — in Zaporizhzhia residential zones (1 dead, 5 hurt, a child among the wounded), Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine (1 dead), and a warehouse in Kyiv's Bucha district where a woman's body was recovered from rubble (3 wounded).
- Over the past three days, Russian strikes killed more than 50 Ukrainian civilians, including 30 on Thursday (Oct 8) when a guided bomb exploded next to public buses carrying passengers in eastern Ukraine, and 22 the day before in a missile strike on the northern town of Pryluky that killed five children.
- President Zelenskyy appealed to NATO on Thursday for anti-ballistic capabilities, combat-aircraft ammunition, and interceptor investments, warning Moscow will likely escalate attacks as winter approaches; he said power grid and transmission-facility damage is severe with repairs running around the clock.
- Ukrainian drone strikes damaged a Yandex data centre in Kaluga — the second hit on the company in two days, with several modules completely out of service — and struck the Ukhta oil refinery in Russia's Komi region, per Zelenskyy; the Kaluga governor said nine people were wounded in regional drone attacks.
- A Ukrainian attack on Russia's eastern Belgorod region on Friday killed 2 people and wounded 12, according to regional governor Alexander Shuvayev.
- Kyiv's city administration announced the reopening of "points of invincibility" — government help stations providing food, drinks, warmth, and power — in three districts where the power situation was most difficult.
- Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defences downed 505 Ukrainian drones from late Thursday into early Friday.
Why it matters: Without Patriot ammunition, Ukraine cannot stop Russian ballistic missiles — the weapon that killed 22 in Pryluky alone — and Russia's targeting of energy and transport infrastructure ahead of winter directly threatens Kyiv's ability to keep its war-battered economy functioning through the cold months.
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