Russia launched over 620 drones and long-range missiles in another massive overnight attack, numbers which come close to the record-setting assault from last week, which consisted of over 700 projectiles.
Ukraine authorities said the aerial attack killed at least six people, and that it highlights the urgent need for the country to obtain more anti-air defense systems from allies, including Patriots from the United States.
Hits on southwestern Chernivtsi region saw two people killed and 20 injured, even though this area is far from the front lines of battle with Russian forces.
Another distant place, Lviv in the far western Ukraine, saw a dozen wounded from the attacks, and in the east two people died in Dnipropetrovsk and three were injured in Kharkiv.
President Trump within recent days has ramped-up weapons shipments to Kiev, after the Pentagon had announced a stoppage to arms transfers, which the White House sought to dismiss as a misunderstanding.
Zelensky in his latest remarks further touted progress on a "multi-level agreement" for new American Patriot missile systems and interceptors.
He described that many of the drones were decoys or "simulators" which are designed to distract and overwhelm defense systems, making it harder to intercept the actual assault kamikaze drones.
Zelensky further said that included in the overnight aerial attack were 26 cruise missiles, and that some half of all the UAVs were Iranian-make Shaheds.
Russia conducted one of the most massive attacks on Ukraine to date tonight
Preliminarily, Russian troops deployed: - Between 560 and 700 drones. - Over 15 Kh-101 cruise missiles. The main targets of the assault were Lviv, Lutsk, and Chernivtsi
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