seven dead and 18 injured by a Russian bombing in a town in Zaporizhzhia

At least seven people They died and 18 others were injured on Saturday in a Russian bombing in the center of the Ukrainian town of Vilniansk, in the southern region of Zaporizhiareported the Minister of the Interior, Igor Klimenko.

“Russian military attacked the city center. A targeted, cynical and cruel attack: against civilians on a day off,” the Interior Minister said on his Facebook account.

Seven people died, including two children., and 18 others, including four children, were injured.

The bombings also caused a fire in commercial establishments, homes and vehicles. In addition, civil infrastructure was damaged.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskydenounced on Telegram that Ukrainian cities and communities “suffer these types of Russian attacks daily.”

“But there are ways to overcome it: destroy the terrorists where they are, destroy Russian missile launchers, strike with real long-range capability and increase the number of modern air defense systems in Ukraine,” he stressed.

36 Ukrainian drones shot down

On the other hand, Moscow reported this Sunday that its anti-aircraft defenses 36 Ukrainian drones were shot down in six regions of the country last night.

According to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense, 15 drones were shot down over the Kursk border regionwhere this Saturday an attack with unmanned devices left five dead.

Nine other drones were shot down in Lipetsk, four in Voronezh, four in Bryansk, two in Oryol and two in Belgorod.

The acting governor of Kursk, Alexei Smirnov, said that fragments of the drones shot down in the region had fallen on a village, slightly damaging some houses but causing no casualties among the population.

Leaders from other regions also wrote about minor damage from falling drone debris.