Overnight Russian strikes on Kharkiv injures 28, including 9 Children; two killed in Kyiv

At least 28 people including nine children were injured in a Russian strike on Kharkiv while two people were killed in the Kyiv region Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on MondayIn a post on X Zelenskyy said ldquoRussia has been attacking our regions throughout the night and into the morningrdquo He said a highrise apartment building in Kharkiv was hit with the second and fourth floors partially destroyedldquoKyiv has also sustained damage from drone attacks residential buildings communications infrastructure and gas stations They wrecked an ordinary cafe and tried to burn down a food market in the capitalrdquo Zelenskyy saidHe said a vessel flying the Palau flag was struck in the Odesa region while an ice cream factory was damaged in the Zhytomyr region Residential buildings were hit in the Sumy Rivne Kharkiv and Odesa regions while critical infrastructure was attacked in the Vinnytsia Dnipro Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia regionsHe said In the Odesa region a vessel flying the Palau flag was struck In the Zhytomyr region an ordinary ice cream factory was damaged Residential buildings were hit in the Sumy Rivne Kharkiv and Odesa regions Critical infrastructure was attacked in the Vinnytsia Dnipro Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia regionsldquoEmergency services are working wherever they are neededrdquo Zelenskyy addedldquoAs of now dozens of people have been reported injured The strike on Kharkiv alone resulted in 28 people being injured including nine children Tragically lives have been lost Two people were killed in the Kyiv region one of them a citizen of Azerbaijan My condolences to their families and loved onesrdquo he saidZelenskyy thanked those supporting Ukraine and said ldquoClear decisions are needed Air defenses energy support and help covering budget gaps ndash these are the things that are genuinely strengthening Ukraine today and helping our people endure Thank you to everyone who stands with UkrainerdquoMeanwhile Russias Defence Ministry said its air defence units intercepted and destroyed 254 Ukrainian fixedwing drones overnight over 16 Russian regions as well as the Republic of Crimea and the Azov and Black seas according to TASSThe ministry said the drones were intercepted and destroyed between 8 pm local time on September 27 and 8 am on September 28 over the Belgorod Bryansk Smolensk Kaluga Tula Kursk Voronezh Lipetsk Tambov Ryazan Oryol Saratov Rostov Moscow and Krasnodar regions as well as Crimea and the Azov and Black seasSeparately according to the official Telegram channel of Russias Defence Ministry Russian forces carried out group strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs against logistics centres and port infrastructure in Ukraine as well as ships allegedly used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed ForcesThe ministry said targets in Kyiv included an Ukrtelecom data centre a DreamLine data centre and fuel infrastructure facilities It also said infrastructure at the Vasylkiv military airfield in the Kyiv region was hitIn Odesa the ministry said a Nova Poshta logistics centre infrastructure at the Danubeshipservice plant in the port of Izmail and a permanent deployment area of the Ukrainian State Border Service were struck It also said a dry cargo ship carrying military materiel and dualuse cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit in the port of Chornomorsk while another dry cargo ship delivering military cargo to the port of Odesa was hit at seaThe Russian Defence Ministry also said T80BVM tank crews of the 6th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Sever Group of Forces destroyed Ukrainian ammunition depots in the Kharkiv regionEarlier on September 26 following a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy US President Donald Trump said he wanted Russia and Ukraine to ldquosettlerdquo the warThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever