Russia launches large-scale attack on Ukrainian city, killing 2 and injuring at least 20

Russia fired another large-scale volley at Ukraine early Tuesday, killing two people and injuring another 20, including four children, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.   

More than 250 drones and bombs were deployed overnight against Ukraine, with nearly a dozen projectiles hitting the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing a 41-year-old man and injuring two children, local officials also said. 

“I heard some distant explosions, very far away, so we went to sleep. And then there was a super strong explosion which blew out our windows,” Zaporizhzhia resident Oleksii, 35, told Reuters. 

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“I immediately went outside and ran to my neighbors to extinguish the fire. I was so worried about them,” Oleksii added. 

Russian bombs caused damage to at least 10 apartment buildings and 12 homes in the city, according to regional Gov. Ivan Fedorov. 

“We hadn’t yet recovered from enemy strikes on Aug. 30,” Fedorov noted on national TV. “We are currently repairing those buildings, those windows, but now the enemy has added more work for our municipal workers.”

The overnight attack also hit a civilian logistics center in Kyiv, as well as the National Pharmaceutical University in Kharkiv.  

Other strikes hit in the southern Mykolaiv region, killing one resident, Zelensky said. 

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In just the past two weeks, Russia has fired more than 6,200 drones, glide bombs and missiles in ever-escalating bombardments on Ukraine. 

The attacks, which have hit civilian and energy infrastructure across Ukraine, led Zelensky to renew calls for heavy sanctions on Moscow. 

“The only reason Russia can allow all this is that it doesn’t feel any pain,” Zelensky said in a statement. “Until Russia experiences truly severe losses — above all economic ones — it will avoid genuine diplomacy and an end to the war.”

The Ukrainian president also called on Western allies to form an air-defense umbrella over his nation that would defend all of Europe from such large-scale bombardments.

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“Now is the time to implement the joint protection of our European skies with a multilayered air defense system,” Zelensky said on Telegram. 

“All the technologies for this are available. We need investments and desire, we need strong actions and decisions from all our partners,” he added. 

Poland had recently called for NATO to unite and declare a no-fly zone over Ukraine after Russian drones invaded Warsaw’s airspace last week. 

With Post wires