This came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the ongoing 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek and again during the event. An Indian citizen was among 12 people killed in a Russian missile and drone attack across Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday.
They damaged residential and civilian infrastructure across several regions. Businesses were also damaged in the attack. Russian strikes using glide bombs and drones have also continued in Odesa and the surrounding region, leaving thousands of families without electricity. Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions also came under fire.
Nearly 350 rescuers have been deployed in Kyiv and the surrounding region to deal with the aftermath. In Boryspil, a five-storey apartment building was damaged and 50 people were evacuated. Four people were killed and 13 injured in the city, according to Zelensky.
On X, Zelensky said Russian forces used a significant number of jet-powered drones and ballistic missiles in the overnight strikes. “Overall, 12 people were killed, including an Indian citizen, and dozens more were wounded as a result of the attack,” Zelensky said. In Kyiv, seven people were killed in a strike on a railway depot, Zelensky said. Emergency crews were working to restore power, the Ukrainian president said. He also said a border checkpoint with Romania and export infrastructure were damaged. Zelensky said the scale of casualties was linked to gaps in Ukraine’s air defence capabilities and called for increased deliveries of anti-ballistic systems.
