Ukraine: three people die in Russian attacks on the capital kyiv

“Last night, the Jmelnitski region was Russian hostile fire, which caused the destruction of civil infrastructure … Unfortunately, four people died,” Tyurin said on Telegram, and added that five people were also injured.

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Earlier, the head of the Regional Military Administration, Mykola Kalashnyk, informed that Three people died after “an enemy attack in the region of kyiv“two in the Obujov district and another in the Bucha district, he reported on Telegram.

Also on Sunday, kyiv It was attacked with Russian drones and missiles for the second consecutive night.

“More than a dozen enemy drones are already in the airspace that surrounds the capital. And they approach more,” Timur Tkachenko, head of the military administration of kyiv.

“There is a threat that the enemy uses a large number of drones and missiles from strategic aircraft,” he added on Telegram, and reported that debris fell on a five -story residential building in the Gosivsky district.

The mayor of kyivVitali Klitschko, asked citizens to seek refuge after informing “explosions in the city.”

“The air defense forces are working. The capital is being attacked by enemy drones,” he said.

Night attacks were also recorded in the regions of Mykolaiv and Jersón.

Meanwhile, lAs Russian authorities reported the demolition of several drones that were heading towards Moscow Sunday morning.

The Russian civil aviation authority imposed restrictions on at least four Moscow airports, including the principal, Sheremétievo.

Zelenski asks for more sanctions

On Saturday, the Ukrainian Air Forces claimed to have “dejected six Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (in kyiv) and neutralized 245 enemy drones of Shahed type “, of a total of 14 missiles and 250 drones launched from Russia.

According to the police, 15 people were injured in kyiv and two others in its metropolitan area.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that it hit “companies of the military-industrial complex” and “Patriot Antialeum Systems Positions” delivered by the United States to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, said that “only additional sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy will force Moscow to cease fire”, and insisted that “the cause of war is lengthened is in Moscow.”

Exchange of prisoners

The climb continues despite Russia and Ukraine will complete on Sunday the last stage of the biggest exchange of prisoners of war since the beginning of the Russian invasion more than three years ago.

This Saturday, 307 Russian War Prisoners were exchanged for the same number of Ukrainian military, they announced kyiv and Moscow.

The first part of this great exchange, in format of 1,000 by 1,000, included on Friday 270 soldiers and 120 civilians of each side.

This is the only tangible result after the first direct conversations in three years between Russians and Ukrainians in Istanbul in mid -May.

After more than three years of fighting, thousands of prisoners of war are held in both countries.

It is believed that Russia has the most part, with an estimated number of between 8,000 and 10,000 Ukrainian prisoners.

When this exchange concludes, both parties must exchange documents that expose their conditions to put an end to the conflict that exploded in February 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“Ukraine is willing to any form of diplomacy that produces results, and we are willing to take all the steps that guarantee real security. It is Russia that is not willing to anything,” Zelenski deplored on Saturday.

Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict, including those of US President Donald Trump, have intensified in recent weeks, but Kremlin has not given signs of giving in their demands.

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has challenged European pressure for a total and unconditional truce in Ukraine, and has continued the offensive that already leaves tens of thousands of dead.