Kyiv, Ukraine – Russia Large missiles and drone attacks targeted across the targets Ukraine Ukrainian officials said at least three people were killed earlier on Saturday and dozens of people were injured.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attacks occurred in nine regions including Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Kyiv, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Sumy and Kharkiv.
“The enemy’s target is our infrastructure, residential areas and civilian enterprises,” he said, adding that missiles equipped with clustered ammunition hit a multi-storey building in Denipro City.
“Every time such a strike is not a military necessity, but a deliberate strategy Russia “Scare emimians and destroy our infrastructure,” Zelenskyy said in a statement in his official telegram account.
Elsewhere, Ukrainian drones slammed into an energy facility in Samara, southwest overnight Russiaaccording to the local governor Ukraine General Staff.
Russia’s Ministry of National Defense It said on Saturday that its troops intercepted 149 Ukrainian drones at night.
Zelenskyy said he hopes to meet U.S. President Donald Trump next week, outside the UN General Assembly. He also said Ukraine Moreover, separate negotiations may be held in the United States, focusing on humanitarian issues involving children.
At least 30 people were injured in the attack Ukraine Local Governor Serhii Lysak said the central Dnipropetrovsk region said. The eastern city of Dnipro has damaged several high-rise buildings and houses.
In the Kiev region, local authorities reported strikes in the areas of Bucha, Boyspier and Obukov. Houses and cars were damaged. In the western part of Lviv, Governor Maxim Kozytsky said two cruise missiles were shot down.
Russia 619 drones and missiles were launched. Ukraine The Air Force said 552 of these drones, two ballistic missiles and 29 cruise missiles were shot down or neutralized.
Zelenskyy said so Ukraine Its partners set the stage for long-term security assurance and he hopes to measure the distance they can meet such commitments at a meeting in New York next week.
He said that if the United States maintains close participation, European countries are ready to move forward. He noted that the discussion had already taken place on multiple levels, including military leadership and general personnel from Europe and the United States
“I want to get the signal for myself that we want to understand that security assurances for all our partners will be what we need,” Zelenskyy said.
He said it was right Russia If peace efforts stagnate, he must stay on the table and plans to impose problems in talks with Trump.
“If the war continues, we do not expect to move towards peace,” he said, adding that Trump is looking for powerful steps in Europe.
Ukraine On Saturday, its drones attacked Novokuibyshevsk Refinery, the main jet fuel producer operated by Rosneft, a giant Rosneft of Russia. It said the strike caused explosions and fires.
Samara’s regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said the unspecified fuel and energy facilities were targeted. He later reported that four people died in the attack, but did not immediately say who they were or describe any damage.
Ukraine The General Staff also said that in the city of Saratov, a second Russian oil refinery was attacked overnight. The city is located in the same name area southwest of Samara.
Russian and Ukrainian Telegraph Channel released what they called a strike video near the Saratov refinery. They showed explosions and blazing light in the night sky, and the background cried.
Local Governor Roman Busargin did not immediately comment on the refinery’s claim. He said a woman was hospitalized after a drone strike in Saratov at night, and the residential building was damaged.
Ukrainian drones also attacked Russia’s Russian pump station, an intelligence official told the Associated Press on Saturday. They spoke under anonymity to disclose sensitive information.
The pipeline leads to the exit terminal of the port of Novorossiysk.
Intelligence officials said the explosion was recorded at several sites in various regions of Volgograd and Samara.
Ukraine “Continue to successfully introduce unmanned sanctions for Russian refineries and oil pumping stations. It is this infrastructure that brings the petrodollar surplus to the Russian budget, which is for the opposition to the war Ukraine. Work to block these flows will continue. ” they told the Associated Press.
Russia’s Ministry of National Defense Tallinn reported that three fighters denied that the plane violated Estonian airspace after staying there without permission on Friday and staying for 12 minutes.
The incident, described by Estonia’s top diplomats as “unprecedented rough” invasion, took place more than a week after NATO aircraft knocked down Russian drones to Poland, heightening concerns about the Moscow war Ukraine May overflow.
Moscow stressed in a statement earlier on Saturday that its fighter jets have been in neutral Baltic waters 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from Vaindloo Island in Estonia, the Gulf of Finland.
“On September 19, three MIG-31 fighters completed their scheduled flights from Karelia to the airport in the Kaliningrad region,” it said. Estonia, Poland and Lithuania belong to NATO.
“This flight is strictly compliant with international airspace regulations and does not violate the boundaries of other states, as confirmed by objective monitoring,” the statement said.
On Friday, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said it had called a Russian diplomat to formally protest against airspace violations. Officials said Tallinn also “start consultations between allies” under Article 4 of NATO, which states that the parties grant it whenever territorial integrity, political independence or security are threatened.
Poland’s operations commander said Polish and Allied aircraft were deployed again in neighboring Russian long-range air strikes Ukraine. In a later article on X, Operations Command described the deployment as “preventive” and “purposes to ensure airspace is secured in areas near threatening zones.”
Last week, NATO member Romania said it deployed two F-16 jets to intercept a drone that briefly entered the airspace.
