Russian air strikes kill four in Ukraine as Ukrainian drones hit Russian oil sites

Four civilians were killed across Ukraine on Saturday as Russian air strikes intensified. Two women died under the rubble of their home in Zaporizhzhia and two people were killed in a separate strike on Sumy. The attacks used cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, glide bombs and jet‑powered drones, and damaged residential blocks in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv and other regions. In Kyiv, a Russian drone fire hit a warehouse in the Boryspil district, injuring two, while other drone raids in the capital wounded four and damaged homes and offices. The Russian Ministry of Defence said the strike also damaged a data centre that supports cellphone internet and Starlink services. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Saturday urging partners to remember that Russia escalates daily and calling for stronger responses to stop the war from spreading. He reminded the world of the many strikes on residential homes in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Sumy and Kharkiv. Earlier this week Zelenskyy appealed at the United Nations for sanctions and trade bans to cut Russia’s revenue, but no breakthrough has emerged. Ukraine’s own long‑range drones have turned the tables, hitting Russian oil infrastructure in the southern Krasnodar region; the strike killed three people and wounded two, and sparked fires at two industrial sites, according to regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev. The war, now four and a half years after Moscow’s full‑scale invasion, shows no sign of slowing.