At least two people were killed by Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine on Saturday, including a 9-year-old child, according to officials. Questions remain over whether Kyiv ambassadors will participate in a fresh round of peace talks scheduled for early next year in Istanbul. Overnight and into Saturday, Russian forces flew around 109 robots and five weapons across Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian air force. According to the report, 42 drones and a third of the weapons were destroyed, and 30 more robots failed to reach their goals without causing any harm. According to Zaporizhzhia’s governor, a 9-year-old girl was killed in a hit on the front-line town of Dolynka in the Zaporizhhia area and a 16-year-old was hurt. said Ivan Fedorov. ” One home was destroyed. Fedorov wrote on Telegram that the flash from the explosion even affected a number of other houses, cars, and buildings. According to gov. Oleksandr Prokudin, another man was killed by Russian shooting in the Ukraine’s Kherson area. Moscow did not offer any comments on either harm. The ministry of defense of Russia announced on Saturday that it had taken command of Vodolahy in the northern Sumy region and Novopil, a Russian village, in the Donetsk region. As Russian troops continue to advance in the area, Sumy’s government mandated mandatory evacuations of 11 more settlements. The number of communities in Sumy, which borders Russia’s Kursk area, has increased to 213. As a result of the new additions, the total amount of settlements are still under evacuation orders. According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, about 50 000 Russian troops were stationed in the area in order to launch an offensive to create a buffer zone inside Russian territory. In another incident, four children were among the injured when Ukrainian drones struck apartment buildings on Saturday in the northern Kursk region of Russia, according to local acting governor Alexander Khinshtein, injuring both the Russian city of Rylsk and the town of Artakovo. Major Zelenskyy director Andrii Yermak said on Friday that Kyiv was prepared to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, but that the Kremlin may initially deliver a promised document outlining its location on ending the more than three-year conflict. By withholding the report, Selenskyy claimed on Friday that Russia was “undermining politics.” For some reason, Russians are keeping this record secret. This position is utterly crazy. Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram,” There is no quality about the format.” Moscow had recently stated that it would discuss its memo during the discussions.
