Vadym, a 72-year-old vendor, sells goods that survived the shelling at a damaged street market following strikes in Petrivka neighbourhood in Kyiv on August 9, 2026. [AFP]
Russian strikes killed two people and wounded dozens across Ukraine overnight Saturday and Sunday, while a Ukrainian drone attack killed three people in Russia's Belgorod region.
The World Health Organization denounced a strike that destroyed a warehouse in Ukraine holding medical supplies.
More than four years after the start of Russia's large-scale offensive against Ukraine, both countries are ramping up long-range strikes. The resulting civilian casualties led the United Nations to condemn both sides last week.
Russia is relying on "ballistic terror," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday on social media, stating that 61 missiles of various types had been fired at Ukraine this week.
"More pressure, more sanctions against Russia and more air defence for Ukraine are needed," he added.
The two people killed by a Russian drone strike were in the major northeastern city of Kharkiv, where four floors of a residential building were also destroyed, said Zelensky.