At Least 4 Dead in Russian Missile and Drone Strikes on Ukrainian Apartments and Facilities

Russian airstrikes have left at least four people dead and about 60 others injured across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoys visiting Russia and Ukraine consecutively on the 5th and 6th of this month to discuss ways to end the war, both sides continue to trade attacks.

In a post on social media platform X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, "Overnight Russian airstrikes damaged 10 regions, and Russian attack drones are still flying in many areas." He added, "Since early this morning alone, air defense personnel have shot down more than 200 aerial targets, but not all of them were intercepted."

He stated that a residential building in Zaporizhzhia was hit by a Shahed drone, resulting in two deaths and six injuries.

He also explained that in Odesa, an apartment building was destroyed by a Russian missile strike, leaving two people missing and 37 injured, while a hotel was also hit by a drone attack, injuring 11 people.

President Zelenskyy asserted, "Russia is blatantly targeting ordinary civilians for terror attacks."

AFP reported that steelmaker ArcelorMittal stated two people were killed at its plant in Kryvyi Rih, a central city and President Zelenskyy's hometown.

In a statement posted on Telegram, the local subsidiary of ArcelorMittal said, "Our plant is a private facility in the mining and metals sector," adding, "We strongly condemn this despicable attack."

Russia also came under Ukrainian attacks.

President Zelenskyy stated on X that over the past 24 hours, two chemical companies located in Russia's Perm and central Samara regions were attacked, and a target in the Black Sea was struck.

He added that drone production facilities and unmanned aerial vehicle storage sites in Taganrog were also attacked.

In a statement that day, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had intercepted 230 Ukrainian drones over its airspace, noting that more than 70 of them targeted the southern Rostov region.

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