“Hard day”. This is how President Volodymyr Zelensky described this Monday, marked by a new wave of Russian attacks in Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader again called for more modern air defense systems “to ensure the protection of the skies and reduce the potential of terrorists to zero.”
“When Russian capabilities are neutralized, Russia will have no choice but to think about peace”underlined in normal speech night. During the day, Ukrainian authorities condemned attacks in the capital by Shahed-136 drones, also known as kamikaze drones, that killed four people. Another four people died and nine were injured in a bomb blast in Sumy. According to Zelensky, 25 Ukrainian cities were attacked late at night and in the morning.
The world can and must stop this terror. When we talk about Ukraine’s need to strengthen its air defense, we are talking about real life.”
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“In Kyiv, a young family died when they got into an apartment from a machine gun. [drone] Iranian Shahed. A man and a woman six months pregnant… Vladimir Putin can win another “victory”: he killed another pregnant woman,” he said. media such as Kyiv Independent this is Euromaidan Press reported that the woman, Victoria Zamchenko, was six months pregnant.
Victoria Zamchenko died in a Russian drone attack on Kyiv on October 17.
Zamchenko was six months pregnant.
She worked as a sommelier in the Ukrainian wine trading company Goodwine.
The company wrote that she was “an incredibly kind and empathetic person.”
The head of state said that in just 12 hours, Ukrainian forces had destroyed several Iranian drones and cruise missiles. According to the Air Force, on Monday, Russia launched a strike on Ukrainian territory. a total of 43 kamikaze drones, of which 37 were killed.
On the same day, an exchange of prisoners took place between Kyiv and Moscow. 108 Ukrainians were released, including 12 civilians. Zelensky stressed that this work is aimed at ensuring that Ukraine restores all people in Russian captivity. “The more Russian prisoners we have, the faster we can free our heroes.”
Pictures released by Andriy Yermak, chief of staff of the President of Ukraine, show the moment.
Another large-scale exchange of prisoners of war took place today. Extremely emotional and truly special: we freed 108 women from captivity. Mothers and daughters. Relatives were waiting for their return. 37 evacuees from Azovstal, 11 officers, 85 privates and non-commissioned officers. pic.twitter.com/6wIjS2ouJe
