President Zelensky insisted this Saturday in Italy on the need to receive more support from the West and to be able to use the weapons supplied to carry out attacks on Russian territory.
Russia has intensified the attacks with missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, directing them against energy infrastructure throughout the country and causing deadly attacks in residential areas.
These offensives have highlighted the Moscow long range capabilityas Ukraine prepares for what will likely be another difficult winter as Russia continues destroying the Ukrainian power gridleaving around 70% of generating capacity out of service and disrupting heating and water supplies.
Drone attack in kyiv
The sound of explosions thundered through the Ukrainian capital overnight as several Russian drones were intercepted by the city’s air defenses. No injuries or serious damage were reported.
The Ukrainian Air Force declared that during the night they launched 67 drones over the countrywith active air defenses in 11 regions. More than 50 drones were shot down and three others were destroyed by electronic weapons systems.
The remains of a drone were photographed on the street outside the Ukrainian Parliament. The Press Service of the Ukrainian Parliament confirmed that drone fragments had been foundbut stated that there were no casualties or damage to the Parliament building.
Three dead in Kostantinovka
Separately, a Russian artillery attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostantinovka on Saturday He killed three men and injured three other people, according to the governor of the Donetsk regionVadym Filashkin. The attack caused damage to a skyscraper and local power lines.
Late on Friday, the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenskideclared that the number of fatalities from the September 3 attack on the Poltava Military Institute of Communications had risen to 55, with 328 injured.
“This includes people with serious injuries, such as amputations and damage to internal organs,” Zelenksi declared. at a conference on the outskirts of the Italian city of Milan.
“Our people are under the constant threat of Russian missile attacks and drones, every night and every day.” Zelensky renewed his call for that restrictions on the use of weapons be removed supplied by the West to attack Russian territory.
Funerals of the victims
This Saturday the funerals of the victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the war in Ukraine began, while the Ukrainian president promised increase military production national creating underground weapons factories.
Funerals took place in the eastern Ukrainian city of Poltava for the victims of a Russian missile attack on a military training center that left more than 50 dead and more than 300 injured.
Hundreds of mourners, including family members, local residents and officials, gathered at the Assumption Cathedral of the cityabout 350 kilometers southeast of kyiv, to attend the solemn ceremony.
Relatives, many with red carnations in handsstood next to the coffins placed outside the church, covered with yellow and blue Ukrainian flags. During the ceremony an air raid siren sounded.
The residents of the area knelt in silence to pay tribute to the victimswhile the hearses carrying them passed by on their way to the military cemetery on the outskirts of the city to be buried.
