Drone strikes kill 5 in Ukraine
Russia launched over 270 drones at Ukraine overnight, killing at least five people, Ukrainian authorities reported on Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, made an unannounced visit to the UAE as Kyiv seeks to use its drone defence expertise to help Arab states blunt Iran's attacks. Two people were killed and at least 11 more were injured in a nighttime Russian drone strike on Odesa, according to the head of the region, Serhii Lysak. According to his Telegram posts, the attack damaged a maternity hospital and private houses in the major Black Sea port city.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the “massive” strike involved more than 60 drones. “Last night, the Russians launched a massive strike on Odesa. There was no military purpose whatsoever - this was pure terror against ordinary civilian life,” he said Saturday on X.
He added that the port and “critical” infrastructure was also damaged, as well as business premises. Two men died and two more were injured early on Saturday in Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskyy's hometown in central Ukraine, after a Russian drone hit an industrial facility, regional head Oleksandr Gandzha said in a Telegram update. He did not specify what the industrial building was.
One person was killed overnight in the Poltava region, also in central Ukraine, as Russia struck unspecified industrial sites there, regional authorities reported on Saturday.
