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Russian drones batter hopes for Ukraine peace

Russia launched a large assault on Ukraine in a single day into Saturday with a whole bunch of drones, killing not less than one particular person, a part of a stepped-up bombing marketing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to finish the greater than 3-year-old warfare.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on X that Russia fired over 300 drones, together with greater than 30 cruise missiles.

One particular person died within the Black Sea port metropolis of Odesa, which was hit with greater than 20 drones and a missile, Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov wrote on Telegram, whereas 5 folks have been rescued when a fireplace broke out in a residential high-rise constructing.

In keeping with Zelenskyy, six different folks have been wounded within the assault on Odesa, together with a baby, and significant infrastructure was broken in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy area.

The Ukrainian president additionally thanked worldwide leaders “who perceive how necessary it’s to promptly implement our agreements” aimed toward boosting Ukraine’s protection capabilities, together with joint weapons manufacturing, drone manufacturing and the provision of air protection methods.

Russia has been intensifying its long-range assaults on Ukrainian cities. It now usually batters Ukraine with extra drones in a single evening than it did throughout some total months in 2024, and analysts say the barrages are prone to escalate. On July 8, Russia unleashed greater than 700 drones — a document.

Russia’s Protection Ministry stated it shot down 71 Ukrainian drones in a single day into Saturday. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated that 13 drones have been shot down as they approached the Russian capital.

In different developments, Ukraine’s overseas minister accused Russia on Saturday of deporting Ukrainian residents into Georgia and leaving them stranded with out correct identification.

Andrii Sybiha stated Moscow has escalated the apply of expelling Ukrainians — a lot of whom are former prisoners — throughout its southern border with Georgia, as a substitute of returning them on to Ukraine.

“Dozens of individuals, a lot of whom lack correct documentation, have been caught within the transit zone,” he wrote on X. There was no instant response from Moscow.

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Observe AP’s protection of the warfare in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

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