Ukrainian attacks on holiday camps on Saturday in the partly have killed 12 people, Moscow-installed officials said, while authorities in 鲍办谤补颈苍别鈥檚 northeastern Sumy region said a Russian drone strike killed three people there.
The strikes followed a major Russian attack on Friday near Kyiv that and wounded around 100 others, part of a relentless cycle of tit-for-tat attacks that dims the potential of reaching a diplomatic end to Russia’s more than 4-year-old .
The exchange comes as 鲍办谤补颈苍别鈥檚 successful drome attacks have stalled the Russian army鈥檚 advances in an expanded campaign by Kyiv inside Russia that has been hitting high-profile targets, causing and piling pressure on Russian leader .
Four children were among 12 people killed in the attack on the resorts in Zaporizhzhia, Yevgeny Balitsky, the Kremlin-installed regional head, said, adding that 19 others were wounded.
Ukraine did not immediately comment.
Sumy regional head Oleh Hryhorov said on Saturday three people were killed when a large fire broke out after a Russian drone struck a 鈥渃ivilian facility,鈥� adding that the victims were drivers for private Ukrainian postal and courier service Nova Poshta.
Russia鈥檚 defense ministry said it attacked a 鈥渟torage and launch site鈥� for Ukrainian drones in the Sumy region.
In Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine, a Russian drone attack late Friday hit a shopping center, causing a fire that spread over a 500-square-meter area and injuring several people, regional head Ivan Fedorov said.
Ukraine’s President warned in his evening address on Friday that intelligence assessments indicated that Russia was preparing missiles for a large attack, saying there were indications that this could happen in the next 48 hours.
Ukraine keeps targeting oil facilities
A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire in the grounds of the Tyumen Oil Refinery, in western Siberia, Tyumen regional Gov. Aleksandr Moor said on Saturday.
Writing on X Saturday, Zelenskyy confirmed the hit on the Tyumen plant, along with a logistics facility in Yekaterinburg and a fuel and lubricants warehouse in Rostov-on-Don.
鲍办谤补颈苍别鈥檚 has evolved during the war, posing a problem for Russia, whose huge land mass is hard to protect fully.
Kyiv鈥檚 forces have targeted Russian oil facilities, causing and embarrassing President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Washington
U.S. President Donald Trump and Zelenskyy plan to meet on Tuesday in Washington, a White House official said on Saturday, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss Trump鈥檚 schedule before it is announced.
Kyiv did not immediately comment on the meeting, although Zelenskyy said in his Friday address that Kyiv was 鈥減reparing for a meeting with the President of the United States and his team.鈥�
A memorial service in Washington for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Kyiv鈥檚 , is slated for Tuesday.
Romania shoots down second drone in 2 days
Romania鈥檚 defense ministry said on Saturday its forces had 鈥渟afely shot down鈥� a drone that breached its airspace in an 鈥渦npopulated area鈥� near the Ukrainian border. The drone was 鈥渟hot down by a Romanian pilot from an F-16 aircraft,鈥� President Nicu葯or Dan said in a post on Facebook.
Saturday鈥檚 interception came after a drone was shot down around Padina, northeast of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, on Friday.
A series of drone incursions have hit Romania and other NATO members since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
In June, a Ukrainian maritime drone of Constanta, while three other sea drones exploded outside the port. No one was hurt.
A Russian drone that was part of an attack on Ukraine in May went astray and in eastern Romania, injuring two people.
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