A Russian missile strike kills a child and injures another, a Ukrainian official says

A Ukrainian authoritative says a Russian rocket deed a front-line portion successful Ukraine, sidesplitting a kid and injuring another

KYIV, Ukraine -- A Russian rocket deed a front-line portion successful Ukraine connected Saturday, sidesplitting a kid and injuring another, a Ukrainian authoritative said arsenic uncertainty remains arsenic to whether Kyiv diplomats volition be a caller circular of bid talks projected by Moscow for aboriginal adjacent week successful Istanbul.

Russian troops launched immoderate 109 drones and 5 missiles crossed Ukraine overnight and into Saturday, the Ukrainian aerial unit said. Three of the missiles and 42 drones were destroyed by aerial defenses, portion different 30 drones failed to scope their targets without causing damage, it said.

A 9-old miss was killed successful a onslaught connected the front-line colony of Dolynka successful the Zaporizhzhia region, and a 16-year-old was injured, Zaporizhzhia’s Gov. Ivan Fedorov said.

“One location was destroyed. The shockwave from the blast besides damaged respective different houses, cars, and outbuildings,” Fedorov wrote connected Telegram.

Moscow did not remark connected the latest attack.

Meanwhile, 14 radical were injured aft Ukrainian drones struck flat buildings connected Saturday successful the Russian municipality of Rylsk and the colony of Artakovo successful the occidental Kursk region, section acting Gov. Alexander Khinshtein said.

Four children were among those injured successful the 2 attacks, which besides sparked respective fires, helium said.

On Friday, Andrii Yermak, a apical advisor to Ukraine's president said Kyiv was acceptable to resume nonstop bid talks with Russia successful Istanbul connected Monday but that the Kremlin should supply a promised memorandum mounting retired its position connected ending the much than three-year war, earlier the 2 delegations beryllium down to negotiate.

Speaking precocious Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia was “undermining diplomacy” by withholding the document.

“For immoderate reason, the Russians are concealing this document. This is an perfectly bizarre position. There is nary clarity astir the format,” Zelenskyy wrote connected Telegram.

Moscow antecedently said it would stock its memorandum during the talks.

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