Kiev, Ukraine (AP) – Russia Local officials said they launched a massive attack on southern Ukraine two days later, a rare attack Air bombing In the centre, Kiev killed 23 and damaged the European Union’s diplomacy US-led efforts To end a three-year war with his Moscow neighbor.
Elsewhere, the overnight attacks up to Saturday hit a five-storey residential building, killing at least one civilian and injuring 28 people in the Zapoljazia area, including children, Gov. Ivan Fedorov reported.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched 537 strike drones and decoys, as well as 45 missiles. The Ukrainian forces fired or neutralized 510 drones, decoys and 38 missiles, the forces reported.
The Kremlin on Thursday said Russia is interested in continuing peace talks despite the air attack on Kiev that day, the largest and fatal since the full-scale invasion of Moscow in 2022.
Thursday’s strike was one of the few times when Russian drones and missiles have invaded the heart of the Ukrainian capital. The children were among the dead, and hours of search and rescue efforts continued to attract people from the tile rub.
Hours after the attack, the US approved a $825 million weapons sale to Ukraine. The US Efforts to Mediate Peace Between Ukraine and Russia It seems to have stalled.
Ukraine hits more Russian oil refineries
Apart from that, Ukraine has it Continuing to attack oil refineries in Russia Ukrainian general staff said they had provided Moscow’s war effort. They said two facilities were attacked overnight.
A fire broke out at a refinery in Krasnodar, confirmed Saturday by local authorities in the Russian province. They later said the flames disappeared and caused damage to one of the facility’s processing units, but did not cause any casualties. Krasnodar refinery produces approximately 3 million tons of petroleum products per year, including gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels.
Another drone strike sparked a fire at a Samara oil refinery in Sizelan, Samara province, according to Ukrainian general staff.
Gas stations are dry in some parts of Russia after Ukrainian drones Over the past few weeks, we’ve attacked oil infrastructuredrivers are waiting in long lines, and officials are relying on rationing or cutting sales entirely. In an attempt to alleviate the shortage, Russia suspended gasoline exports, declaring a full ban until September 30th on Wednesday, and a partial ban that affects traders and intermediaries until October 31st.
Analysts expect a gasoline crisis to be easier by late September as demand settles and summer maintenance for many refineries ends. Still, the shortage highlights the vulnerabilities of home fronts that Ukraine can take advantage of as the drone war evolves.
Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker was shot dead
In another development, the former Ukrainian council president and a prominent pro-western politician were shot dead in LVIV city on Saturday, according to a statement by Ukrainian President Voldy Mie Zelensky and the local government.
So far, little is known about the perpetrator or why Andriy Parubiy was targeted. Zelenskyy on Saturday condemned Parubiy’s “bad murder” and promised an investigation.
Parubiy, 54, was a member of the LVIV region who participated in the Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004 and led the Self-Defense Volunteer Unit during the 2014 Maidan protests. He was Speaker of the Council from 2016 to 2019.
