2 killed, 8 injured in Russian drone, rocket attack on Kyiv

May 7th (Upi) – At least two people were killed and eight injured after Russia was to come into force on Wednesday at midnight with drones and rockets overnight, hours before a three -day three -day weapon fire announced by Moscow.

The two deaths were in the district of the central Shevchenkivskyi, where a five -story house was hit by a drone. The state emergency service also reported an adult and four children who were injured in the neighboring Sviatoshynskyi area of ​​the city.

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a position on X that those who lost their lives were a woman and son and added that the regions Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, KHerson and Dnipro had also received numerous strikes from rockets and more than 140 drones.

Zelensky, who dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's ceasefire “as a play”, said Russia had to be held accountable and used the attacks to request more international measures to organize Russia's economy. It is the safest way to a permanent peace.

“Only significantly increased pressure on Russia and stronger sanctions can pave the way to diplomacy. All measures that remove the aggressor of resources to the wage war must be implemented to bring permanent peace. I thank our partners who share this view and help us.

Three of the children injured in Kyiv were treated in the hospital for combustion injuries. An adult was also hospitalized.

Explosions were heard from two attacks by attacks that were three and a half hours apart and around 1 a.m. when Ukraine Air Force published a rocket strike warning for the city.

The ceasefire was called to enable Russia to hold celebrations for the 80th anniversary on Friday of his victory over Nazi Germany in May 1945.

But the Ukraine showed no signs that the state TASS news agency reported a large UAV attack on eight Russian regions in the early morning hours of Wednesday and disrupted hundreds of flights to Moscow airports, including the world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Venezolan President Nicolas Maduro are to be expected on the Victory Day.

Maduro arrived with Putin at some point on Wednesday, but XI and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva still have to travel.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov quoted what he described Russia's “dangerous neighborhood”, said the mobile internet access in Moscow for the parade and events on Friday day of Friday.

Russia was, said Peskov and killed “all the necessary measures” to guarantee “a calm, stable and peaceful atmosphere” for the celebrations.

The anniversary is also an important event in Ukraine, where a large part of the fights took place on the Eastern Front, but it will take place on May 8th in accordance with Ve Day in Great Britain and Europe.