Kyiv: The western Ukrainian metropolis of Ternopil woke as much as devastation after a fierce in a single day barrage left a minimum of 25 individuals useless and 73 injured, based on Ukraine’s Ministry of Inner Affairs. The ministry mentioned three youngsters had been amongst those that misplaced their lives as complete residential blocks got here below heavy assault simply after midnight.
Officers described a frantic rescue operation that continued by way of the morning. Groups from the State Emergency Service and the Nationwide Police labored round burning buildings and collapsed partitions whereas utilizing 45 specialised items of apparatus, together with robotic programs, to seek for survivors.
The ministry confirmed the toll in a message on X and mentioned responders had been nonetheless combing by way of particles in a number of neighbourhoods. The shelling triggered main fires inside nine-storey residence buildings that took hours to regulate.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned the assault was a part of a wider assault throughout a number of areas, which concerned greater than 470 assault drones and 48 missiles of various sorts. He mentioned one of many missiles was ballistic, whereas the others had been cruise missiles launched in waves in the course of the night time.
Zelenskyy mentioned Ternopil was among the many worst-hit areas. He described “important destruction” within the metropolis and mentioned emergency employees had been making an attempt to achieve individuals believed to be trapped below collapsed constructions.
He wrote on X that groups in lots of areas had been coping with the aftermath of the strikes, which focused residential areas and public infrastructure.
The president additionally shared particulars from Kharkiv, the place a separate wave of assaults prompted accidents to dozens of residents, together with youngsters, and broken key transport hyperlinks and power provide factors. He mentioned the strikes didn’t spare Ivano-Frankivsk, the place three individuals had been injured, together with two youngsters.
Extra assaults had been recorded within the Lviv, Donetsk, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy and Dnipro areas, hitting power services and civilian areas.
Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine wants air-defence missiles, further defence programs, fight plane help and extra drone manufacturing to stop additional casualties. He mentioned the continued battle is now in its fourth yr and that Russia ought to face accountability for the continued assaults.
Ukraine additionally highlighted a sequence of commitments secured throughout Zelenskyy’s current visits to Greece, France and Spain. The president mentioned the three international locations pledged new safety and financial help value greater than EUR 515 million.
He mentioned Greece agreed to ensure gasoline provides for the winter and increase its function as an power hub for the area. France confirmed its plans to strengthen Ukraine’s defence capabilities and outlined a long-term settlement that features 100 Rafale F4 plane by 2035, SAMP/T air-defence programs, superior radar know-how and extra navy support.
Spain additionally introduced new help that features EUR 100 million for air-defence missiles, EUR 215 million for the SAFE instrument, EUR 200 million for Ukraine’s power sector and a package deal that options IRIS-T missiles.