Nine Killed in Overnight Strikes Between Russia and Ukraine
Overnight attacks left four dead in Ukraine and five in Russian-held areas and Russia itself, ahead of Paris talks among Ukraine's allies. The U.S. has permitted Ukraine to build Patriot air defense systems, but production may take months.
Russia launched a wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing four people, while Ukrainian strikes on Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine and on Russian soil killed five, officials reported Sunday. The strikes came a day before Ukraine's allies were due to meet in Paris for discussions on pressuring Russia to end its more than four-year war.
U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have stalled in recent months, as Washington has shifted focus to its war with Iran. Meanwhile, Moscow has intensified its ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine, killing dozens—including in Kyiv—since early July.
In central Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, three people were killed in Russian attacks overnight, including two in a strike on an industrial enterprise in Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said. A separate drone attack on the southern city of Kherson killed a 48-year-old man, according to Mayor Yaroslav Shanko.
Ukrainian strikes on the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region killed four people, while a long-range Ukrainian drone strike killed a man in Russia's Samara region, officials said.
Ukraine's air defenses have come under strain from repeated Russian ballistic missile strikes in recent weeks. The United States this week gave Ukraine permission to produce U.S.-designed Patriot air defense systems capable of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles, but it may be months before they enter production.
