Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian strikes kill 12 as Kyiv unveils new long-range ‘rocket-drone’
Russian strikes on two cities in southeastern Ukraine have killed 12 and injured more than 40, local officials have said.
A strike on a car repair shop in Zaporizhzhia turned the facility into a giant fireball and killed 10 people, the regional governor said. Some 24 people were injured, including two children, a local official said.
Some settlements experienced power supply problems after the attack, the governor added.
In Kryvyi Rih, president Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown, also in the southeast, a missile strike on an administrative building killed two people.
It comes as Ukraine showed off a new locally-produced “rocket-drone” which it said could fly 700 km – more than twice the longest range attributed to missiles supplied by Western allies.
The unmanned craft, called “Peklo” – which means hell in Ukrainian – is the second “rocket drone” unveiled by Kyiv as it tries to increase its ability to strike deep into Russia.
On Saturday, Mr Zelensky also met with US-president elect Donald Trump as the pair attended the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Mr Zelensky said: “We spoke about our people, the situation on the ground, and a just peace.”
