The consequences of a Russian attack on Ukraine on the night of August 29 to 30. Photo: X / Volodimir Zelenski
Russia has launched a major air attack on Ukrainian regions on Friday night, killing a person and hurting about twenty in Zaporojie, according to local authorities, and President Volodimir Zelenski asked Washington and Brussels to take action, AFP reports.
Diplomatic efforts to find a solution to the Ukraine war has accelerated in recent weeks, under the leadership of Donald Trump, but so far no concrete results.
Russia, on the contrary, has intensified its air attacks, launching a record number of drones against Ukraine.
At least one person was killed and about twenty other injured in the night attacks in Zaporojie, a big city in the south, reported emergency services on Telegram. Three minors, between the ages of 9 and 16, were hospitalized.
The photographs distributed by the Ukrainian authorities, including Zelenski, show buildings in ruins and firefighters who fight the flames.
In Zaporizhzhia, all emergency services are engaged at the site of a Russian Strike on a Five-Story Residential Building. Tragically, as of Now, One Person is confirmed dead, and dosens has a Wounded, including Children. Once Again, it was a Regular Apartment Building. Overnight,… pic.twitter.com/myz2c8wqz7
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир зеленський (@zezekyyua) August 30, 2025
Dozens of buildings and housing were left without electricity and gas due to the attacks, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov.
The Russian army has launched 582 drones and rockets overnight, Ukrainian air forces said, adding that they had shot down 510 drones and 38 enemy missiles. Five missiles and 24 drones hit seven places, scraps fell into another 21 places, according to the quoted source.
In total, 14 regions were affected by this offensive, according to President Aeski.
The attacks caused fires in the Dnipropetrovsk region (center-east of Ukraine), according to its governor, Sergei Lisak.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that it had a “massive attack” against “military” targets in Ukraine. Moscow continues to insist that he did not target the civil infrastructure, despite the numerous opposite indications, France Presse notes.
The ambassador of the Russian Federation in Bucharest, Vladimir Lipaev, was summoned to the Romanian Foreign Ministry on the recent attacks executed by the Russian forces on Ukraine, MAE informed on Friday. Similar decisions were made by other European states, in the context of Russian blows, especially on Wednesday night on Thursday on Kiev.
