Ukraine says four killed in massive Russian drone, missile attack

Russia fired much than 620 drones and long-range missiles overnight, sidesplitting 4 people, Ukraine said connected Saturday (July 12, 2025), calling for caller sanctions connected Moscow to halt its grounds barrages.

Kyiv and Moscow person stepped up aerial strikes implicit caller months, and U.S.-led ceasefire talks aimed astatine pausing the implicit three-year warfare person stalled.

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"Twenty-six cruise missiles and 597 onslaught drones were launched, of which much than fractional were 'Shaheds'," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, referring to Iranian-made drones.

The Ukrainian aerial unit said it had downed 319 Shahed drones and 25 missiles, adding that 1 rocket and astir 20 drones deed "five locations". It did not elaborate.

Mr. Zelenskyy said the strikes had killed astatine slightest 2 radical and wounded 20 successful Chernvsty successful the west, acold from the beforehand lines of the eastbound and south.

Six persons were wounded successful Lviv, besides successful the west, portion successful the east, 2 radical died successful Dnipropetrovsk and 3 were wounded successful Kharkiv, section authorities said.

The Russian Defence Ministry said it had targeted companies successful Ukraine's military-industrial analyzable successful Lviv, Kharkiv and Lutsk and a subject aerodrome.

On Friday, Ukrainian drone and shelling attacks killed 3 radical successful Russia.

U.S. peculiar envoy Keith Kellogg is owed connected Monday to statesman his latest sojourn to Ukraine arsenic a Washington-led bid effort flounders.

On Friday, the Kremlin restated its absorption to a European peacekeeping unit successful Ukraine, aft French President Emmanuel Macron said Kyiv's allies had a program "ready to go... successful the hours aft a ceasefire".