Russian drone strikes on a residential building and a house left three people dead in the kyiv region, Mykola Kalachnyk, military administration of the Ukrainian capital, announced on Friday.
“Unfortunately, three people died,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky. The previous assessment published by the Regional Administration reported two people killed.
The attack devastated a house in the city of Brovary, east of kyiv, killing a couple, said the state service for emergency situations (DSNS).
The body of the third victim, a man, was discovered in a residential building, a section of which was strongly damaged by bursts of a drone in the locality of Glevakha, southwest of the capital, according to the same source. The DSNS has published images of a building of nine floors in flames and dozens of rescuers being busy on the site.
On Thursday, Russian missile, air bombs and drone strikes in Ukraine had killed at least three and more than 50 injured in three regions of Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday to have intercepted and destroyed a total of 121 drones during the night, in a press release on Telegram, including six in the Moscow region and one above the capital, more Rarely targeted as border regions with Ukraine.
“The Air Forces of the Ministry of Defense in the urban districts of Kolomna and Ramenskoe pushed a flying drone attack towards Moscow,” said Sergeï Sobianine, mayor of the Russian capital, on Telegram early on Friday.
-Intensification of attacks on southern Ukraine
The Russian army has intensified its attacks on southern Ukraine in recent months and multiplied its strikes, notably on Zaporijjia, a city which had 700,000 inhabitants before the war.
It also continues its offensive on the Donetsk region and that of Kharkiv, where the Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of children and their families from several localities on Thursday.
While the Russian offensive is due to enter its fourth year at the end of February, the two camps have been endeavored in recent times to maximize their positions with a view to returning to power by US President Donald Trump.
VideoWar in Ukraine: “probable” sanctions towards Russia if the country does not negotiate
Before his inauguration, Donald Trump undertook to end the war in Ukraine immediately, when he came to power.
During an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Donald Trump repeated a threat to his nomination on Monday: “If they do not settle this war quickly, almost immediately, I will impose massive customs duties on Russia , massive taxes and important sanctions ”. “I don’t want to do it. You know, I like the Russian people. It is a great people. I don’t want to do this. But we have to end this war, “he continued.
