According to Ukrinform, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky wrote this on Facebook in response to Russia's overnight air attacks, which killed three people.

“Since last night, our emergency services have been working at the sites of Russian attacks. In Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, a Russian guided aerial bomb strike caused one section of a ten-story apartment building to collapse from the first through the sixth floor. One person was killed and 16 others were injured. In the settlement of Stepanivka, Sumy region, two people, including a child, were killed when a “shahed” struck a private home. My condolences to their families and loved ones. In Smila, Cherkasy region, a Russian drone struck a nine-story apartment building: fires broke out on several floors, and five people were injured,” Zelensky said.

He added that Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Chernihiv regions also came under attack during the night. According to the President, there are wounded people in the regions, including children, while apartment buildings, private homes and infrastructure facilities were damaged. All those injured are receiving the necessary medical assistance.

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“Every day, Russia uses about 220 guided aerial bombs against our frontline communities, which the aggressor's defense industry continues to produce and modify despite sanctions. Pressure is needed on every supply chain for foreign components and every enterprise working to enable strikes against lives,” the Head of State emphasized.

He stressed that Russian missiles, bombs and drones can be stopped not in Ukrainian skies, but at the production stage.

As Ukrinform reported, Ukrainian air defense forces neutralized 90 of 112 drones that Russian forces used to attack Ukraine from the evening of August 13.

Photo: Office of the President