Russian strikes in Ukraine: at least five dead according to kyiv

Russian strikes against Ukraine left at least five dead, kyiv said on Sunday, September 27, warning that Kremlin forces were attacking the capital “relentlessly,” the day after Moscow promised to carry out its war “whatever the circumstances.” One of the victims was killed in kyiv, where authorities announced that Russian strikes on the capital and its suburbs had damaged more than sixteen sites, both residential and industrial.

Russia has intensified its attacks on the city in the fifth year of its invasion, as the capital prepares for another winter of war. US-led talks to end the conflict, launched by the Kremlin in 2022, have failed to break the deadlock, with the UN warning of a rise in civilian deaths.

“Incessant attacks”

President Volodymyr Zelensky said three people were killed in overnight strikes in the southern Zaporizhia region and a Russian drone strike killed a man in kyiv. kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a woman and two 16-year-old boys were injured and hospitalized in the capital. “The enemy continues to carry out incessant attacks on the kyiv region with kamikaze drones,” the kyiv administration announced.

The authorities in the Odessa region also reported a “massive strike” against the south of this Black Sea region, which caused an additional victim. The head of the region, Oleg Kiper, said the Russian strikes damaged "a residential building, a medical facility, a hotel, a store, as well as a warehouse used to store grain."

Russia will continue its military campaign “to the end”

These attacks came the day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made statements to the UN that Moscow intends to continue its military campaign “until the end”. In Moscow, the Defense Ministry announced Sunday that Russian forces had captured a border village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, where Russia controls several pockets of territory.

Russia does not claim the Kharkiv region as part of its territory - unlike the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions - but it has, throughout the war, attacked this region and conquered land there. Moscow said its forces had captured the small village of Khrypuny. The Kremlin has repeatedly said it intends to seize the rest of eastern Ukraine.