Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 18 as Zelenskyy meets Western leaders

Russian drones, missiles and artillery killed at least 18 civilians and injured more than 100 others in Ukraine, officials announced on Tuesday, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested guarantees of additional Western military aid for the efforts of his country to repel the invasion of Russia.

The Russian forces have tirelessly have the civil zones of Ukraine throughout the war, which is now in its fourth year. According to the United Nations, more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians were killed. Ukraine has also launched long -range drones against Russia, hitting residential areas.

Zelenskyy was due to meet on Tuesday with Western leaders attending a NATO summit in The Hague, the Netherlands. He would like to enclose additional military support for Ukraine’s struggle against the greatest army in Russia, because the recent direct peace talks have given no progress on a possible regulation.

The main American military commitments to Ukraine have started from the Biden administration should run out in a few months, according to analysts, and there is uncertainty as to whether US President Donald Trump is willing to provide more.

The Russian dam hits 19 schools, 10 kindergartens

A Russian ballistic missile attack against Dnipro struck several civil sites in the Central Ukrainian city on Tuesday at noon, killing nine people and injuring more than 100, said local officials.

In the neighboring city of Samar, an attack killed two people and injured 11, the chief of the regional administration of Dnipro, Serhii Lysak, wrote on Telegram.

The dam damaged 19 schools, 10 children’s gardens, a vocational school, a music school and a social protection office, as well as eight medical facilities, according to the mayor of Dnipro, Borys Filatov. One of the explosions blew the windows of a passenger train.

Look | Kyiv among the attacked places:

“ I woke up in the rubble, ‘said Kyiv resident after the Russian strike

Valeriy Mankuta, a worker to build the Ukrainian capital, told journalists that she was sleeping when he felt an explosion, wake up in rubble with a giant slab above his head. The explosion was one of the many nights, when Russia launched another strike barrier on Ukraine.

Russia has also bombed residential districts and critical infrastructure in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, killing four civilians and injuring at least 11 others, according to Oleksandr Prokudine, head of the regional military administration.

In the Sumy region, in northeast Ukraine, a drone attack killed three civilians on Monday, including a five-year-old boy, and injured the local authorities.

Among the injured, two girls of 17 years ago and a 12 -year -old boy, according to officials.

Ukrainian attack with 20 mainly pushed drones

Russian air defense forces have shot 20 Ukrainian drones, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday morning. He said that 14 had been killed on the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, while two had flew over the province of Moscow.

A drone struck a tower on the outskirts of the Russian capital, causing fire to its 17th floor, local governor Andrei Vorobyov said on Tuesday. He said that a 34 -year -old resident had suffered injuries with a burst of shells on the arm and leg. According to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, two other drones were slaughtered on the approach of Moscow.

Air traffic has been briefly interrupted as a precaution in two main airports in Moscow, Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo, a representative of the Aviation Authority of Russia, Rosaviattsiya.