A day of mourning in Kyiv and fear in Ryazan, Russia: Rocket inferno claimed nearly 30 lives on both sides

  • Three people died and 12 were injured in the attacks on the Russian city of Riazan.
  • Classes were canceled in some schools in Ryazan.
  • Russian attacks on Kyiv left 24 dead and 47 injured.
  • Ukraine reports that Russia launched 1,560 drones in 48 hours.

Three people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in the Ukrainian attacks on the city of Ryazan in western Russiaand, the local governor Pavel Malkov said on Friday. Ukrainian rescue services report that the number of dead after Thursday’s Russian attacks on Kiev has risen to 24. TASR informs about this according to an AFP report.

Malkov wrote on the Telegram platform that children were among the injured, and two multi-story buildings were damaged. Fragments of the drone also fell into the premises of the industrial enterprise. Classes were canceled in some schools on Friday for security reasons.

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia sent more than 1,560 drones and 56 missiles to Ukraine from midnight Tuesday to Wednesday. According to him, the attack lasted practically non-stop for 48 hours.

Emergency services announced on Friday that 24 people were killed, including three children, and another 47 people were injured in the strikes in Kyiv.. According to the police, rescuers pulled out seven bodies – three men, three women and one girl – from under the rubble of one residential building.

Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko announced after these attacks that Friday will be a day of mourning in the capital to commemorate the victims of this wave of attacks by the Russian army. Russia continued its attacks on Ukraine on Friday night, while the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram drones and missiles in several areas of the country.

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