LAST UPDATE | 26 Oct

RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES killed five people, including a child, in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro last night, while a teenager and another person died in attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region, officials have said. 

The strikes came less than 48 hours after Russia finished hosting a three-day summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies in the city of Kazan, where President Vladimir Putin faced calls from world leaders to end the conflict.

“After everything that was said in Kazan, Russian murderers returned to their usual business,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social media post. 

“This proves once again that aggression cannot be stopped by talking, but only by decisive actions in defence of the state.”

After everything said in Kazan, Russian murderers have resumed their usual business. This proves once again that aggression cannot be stopped by words alone but only by decisive action in defense of the state and the people against whom this war is waged.

Over the past evening… pic.twitter.com/ZdoGW3GaBn

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 26, 2024

Authorities said the strikes on Dnipro killed five people, including a child, and damaged multiple buildings including a hospital.

Twenty people were also wounded in the city, Dnipropetrovsk region governor Sergiy Lysak said on Telegram.

Images shared by the governor showed rescuers working over a pile of rubble, while another showed what appeared to be a hospital room with its windows blown out.

Separate night attacks on the capital Kyiv and surrounding region left two people dead, including a teenage girl who was killed in a drone strike, according to regional authorities.

A couple comforts each other while watching a fire in a residential building after Russian drones killed a teenager in Kyiv. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Ukrainian cities including Kyiv have been subjected to deadly drone and missile attacks throughout Russia’s invasion.

Kyiv has been asking for more air defences from its allies ahead of what is likely to be its toughest winter yet, as Moscow ramps up strikes on energy infrastructure.

© AFP 2024