At least 16 civilians, including a 15-year-old boy, were injured in Russian airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia late on Sunday, according to the Ukrainian interior ministry.The strikes reportedly involved KAB guided aerial bombs, causing damage to several apartment buildings, Reuters reported.
Zaporizhzhia governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram that Russia conducted a total of 363 air and ground strikes across 12 settlements in the region within a day.It comes after at least 21 people were injured in Kharkiv after Vladimir Putin’s forces dropped a deadly glide bomb on an apartment block.
Ukraine-Russia War Live: 16 Hurt In Russian Glide Bomb Attack As Zelensky Presents ‘Victory Plan’ in US
An eight-year-old was injured and 60 people were evacuated from the building as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky again urged Western allies for long-range missile capabilities.
Ukraine’s foreign minister Andriy Sybiha had earlier warned Moscow was planning strikes on Ukraine’s nuclear facilities before the winter.
Meanwhile, Mr Zelensky visited the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania on Sunday to thank workers for producing 155 mm artillery shells, vital for Ukraine’s defence against Russia.He is presenting his “victory plan” to the US president this week as well as meeting with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during his trip to the US to rally support for Kyiv.