Zelenskiy renews calls for air defence system as Russian missile attack kills 5 civilians in Dnipro
- 3 July, 02:57
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy renewed his plea for air-defence systems and long range weapons following Russia's deadly missile attack on Dnipro city on July 3. Five people were killed and thirty-four others were injured as Russia launched a missile attack on the south-eastern Ukrainian city.
“Russian terrorists have struck our city again… Only two things can stop this Russian terror – modern air defense systems and the long-range capabilities of our weapons. The world can protect lives, and it requires the determination of leaders. Determination that can and must make protection from terror the norm again,” Zelenskiy wrote on X social media platform on Wednesday.
Wednesday’s fatal attack also caused the destruction of fourteen houses and caused multiple fires in the city, Serhiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said in a message on Telegram app. In a separate development, Ukraine’s Air Force said it had shot five missiles, including an Iskander-K cruise missile, and six unmanned aerial vehicles, five of which were Shahed-type kamikaze drones that mainly targeted Dnipro city.
On the same day, the Russian Defence Ministry claimed downing 10 Ukrainian drones in three regions, including five in Belgorod, four in Bryansk, and one in Moscow. The ministry added that two unmanned boats heading toward Novorossiysk in the Black Sea were sunk.
