At least two people were killed and 11 others injured in overnight strikes across Ukraine and a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Bryansk region, as Kiev called for greater international pressure to end the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that Russia launched strikes across 10 Ukrainian regions overnight, killing one person and injuring eight others.
In a statement on X, Zelenskyy accused Moscow of sending signals that it was prepared to widen the conflict, saying Russia was “not backing down from its escalation.”
He said a Russian attack on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia injured five people and damaged nine-story residential buildings, a university facility, a shopping mall and a boiler house. Some residents were forced to evacuate, according to Zelenskyy.
In the Kharkiv region, a woman was killed in a drone strike and three other people were injured, he said.
Kiev calls for pressure and diplomacy
Zelenskyy said Ukraine would use the UN General Assembly’s high-level week in New York to discuss joint efforts toward peace.
“This is the main task that all leaders should be working on,” he said, calling for continued pressure on Russia through sanctions and other measures while stressing that diplomacy must proceed alongside such efforts.
“Every response and every long-range sanction is part of the pressure that is actually working,” Zelenskyy said.
Russia’s defence ministry, meanwhile, said its forces struck multiple targets in Ukraine, including two cargo vessels it said were being used for military purposes, a gas distribution station, infrastructure at the Izmail port and the BDU Logistic centre in Kiev region.
Deadly strike reported in Russia
In Russia, a man was killed and three people were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, acting regional governor Yegor Kovalchuk said on Monday.
The latest exchanges come as international diplomatic efforts continue to seek a path toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war, which has entered its fourth year.
