Russia sends nearly 100 drones into Ukraine, as Zelenskyy urges tougher sanctions against Moscow

Moscow sent adjacent to 100 drones into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, Ukrainian officials said

KYIV, Ukraine -- Moscow sent 96 drones and a guided aerial rocket into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, Ukrainian officials said.

According to Ukraine’s Air Force, 66 drones were destroyed during nan overnight barrage, on pinch nan missile. A further 27 drones were “lost” complete various areas, it said, apt having been electronically jammed, while 1 drone flew into Belarusian airspace. No casualties were reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia had launched astir 900 guided aerial bombs, 500 drones and 30 missiles against Ukraine complete nan past week.

Zelenskyy appealed Sunday connected X to Ukraine’s friends to supply “long-range capabilities for our security”, saying that these “attacks would person been intolerable if we had capable support from nan world." Kyiv is still awaiting connection from its Western partners connected its repeated requests to usage nan long-range weapons they supply to deed targets connected Russian soil, including for preemptive Ukrainian strikes connected camps wherever North Korean troops are being trained.

The Ukrainian President besides urged partners to enact “truly effective sanctions to forestall Russia from importing captious components for drone and rocket production”. This entreaty followed an reside connected Saturday, successful which he said complete 2,000 drones and missiles "still utilizing Western components” were launched against Ukraine successful October, and underlined nan request for much stringent export controls to forestall sanctions evasion.

In Russia, nan Defense Ministry said that 19 Ukrainian drones were changeable down overnight into Sunday successful 3 regions of Russia: 16 successful nan Rostov region, 2 successful nan Belgorod region and 1 successful nan Volgograd region.

A man died Sunday successful a Ukrainian drone onslaught successful nan Belgorod region, according to location Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov.