KYIV – A Russian missile hit a front-line area in Ukraine on Saturday, killing a toddler and injuring one other, a Ukrainian official stated as uncertainty remains as to whether Kyiv diplomats will attend a new round of peace talks proposed by Moscow for early subsequent week in Istanbul.
Russian troops launched some 109 drones and 5 missiles throughout Ukraine in a single day and into Saturday, the Ukrainian air pressure stated. Three of the missiles and 42 drones had been destroyed by air defenses, whereas one other 30 drones failed to succeed in their targets with out inflicting injury, it stated.
A 9-old lady was killed in a strike on the front-line village of Dolynka within the Zaporizhzhia area, and a 16-year-old was injured, Zaporizhzhia’s Gov. Ivan Fedorov stated.
“One home was destroyed. The shockwave from the blast additionally broken a number of different homes, vehicles, and outbuildings,” Fedorov wrote on Telegram.
Moscow didn’t touch upon the newest assault.
In the meantime, 14 individuals had been injured after Ukrainian drones struck condominium buildings on Saturday within the Russian city of Rylsk and the village of Artakovo within the western Kursk area, native performing Gov. Alexander Khinshtein stated.
4 youngsters had been amongst these injured within the two assaults, which additionally sparked a number of fires, he stated.
On Friday, Andrii Yermak, a high adviser to Ukraine’s president stated Kyiv was able to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday however that the Kremlin ought to present a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the greater than three-year battle, earlier than the 2 delegations sit down to barter.
Talking late Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia was “undermining diplomacy” by withholding the doc.
“For some motive, the Russians are concealing this doc. That is a completely weird place. There isn’t any readability in regards to the format,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
Moscow beforehand stated it could share its memorandum through the talks.
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