Ukrainian authorities claimed that one person was killed in a Russian attack in Ukraine's Kherson region on Sunday, while the death toll from a drone strike in the city of Odessa has climbed to ten.
Just a day before the latest deaths, Ukrainian Zelensky sent a plea to Western allies to provide more air defense systems. Because in the third year of the war, Russia has continued to use drones, missiles and artillery fire to carry out heavy attacks on Ukraine.
Ukraine's Interior Ministry reported that one person was killed and three wounded in the southern region of Kherson on Sunday following a Russian attack.
In the wake of a Russian drone strike between Friday and Saturday, two more bodies were found in Odessa, a port city in the southern Black Sea, one for a woman and one for her eight-month-old baby.
Among the eight previously reported victims were a seven-month-old baby and a two-year-old child.
The governor of the Odessa region, Oleg Kippel, revealed in a telegram that "rescuers are pulling the remains of the deceased woman from the rubble." ”
A few minutes later, Kieper added, "Next to the woman's body, the remains of another baby have just been found." ”
According to Interior Minister Igor Klimenko, on Saturday, a nine-story building was destroyed in an attack, which reportedly killed eight people.
Nearly 100 rescuers were involved in the search and rescue efforts on Saturday night, searching for about 10 missing people.
A mother tries to cover her eight-month-old baby with her body. They hugged each other tightly when they were found," the Ukrainian emergency services said on Telegram.
It took the lives of two people again," they added, "and how heart-wrenching it was." ”
Kiper said the search and rescue operation is still ongoing.
Today, the victims of the Russian attack are being mourned in Odessa and the region," he added.
This is a great pain for the Odessa region, and indeed for Ukraine as a whole. ”
Emergency services said eight more people were injured Saturday night.
I have an appointment with the author Ukraine** said that three other people were killed as a result of shelling in the Kharkiv frontline areas in the northeast and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south, as a result of Friday to Saturday night.
We need more air defense systems from our partners. We need to strengthen Ukraine's air defense shield to provide more protection for our people from Russian terror," Zelenskyy posted on social media on Saturday.
More air defense systems and more air defense missiles can save lives. ”
Five people were injured in Russian airstrikes in the eastern Donetsk region between Saturday and Sunday, according to local**.