In this photo provided by the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, rescuers work on a site of a house destroyed by a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Zaporizhzhia regional military administration via AP
In this photo provided by the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, rescuers work on a site of a house destroyed by a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Zaporizhzhia regional military administration via AP
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, rescue workers put out a fire of a building destroyed by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
In this photo provided by the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, rescuers work on a site of a house destroyed by a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Zaporizhzhia regional military administration via AP
In this photo provided by the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, rescuers work on a site of a house destroyed by a Russian strike on residential neighbourhood in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Zaporizhzhia regional military administration via AP
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥 Russian forces bombarded the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with rockets overnight, wounding 13 people, including two children, officials said Tuesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged European leaders to make the continent safe by building an ambitious air defense umbrella.
With grinding on since Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion of its neighbor more than 3 1/2 years ago, there has been no let-up in Russian strikes on civilian areas of Ukraine and its army鈥檚 push on the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line.
A peace settlement appears to be no closer despite months of U.S.-led peace efforts. U.S. President Donald for Putin to engage with proposals to stop the fighting have passed without obvious consequences.
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Just over the past two weeks, Zelenskyy said on Telegram, Russia has launched more than 3,500 drones, more than 2,500 powerful glide bombs and almost 200 missiles at targets inside Ukraine.
Russian , usually dropped by jets at high altitude and far behind the front line, and drone swarms are a major challenge for Ukrainian defenses. Glide bombs aren’t very accurate, but they leave big craters, and Ukraine has no effective countermeasure against them.
Russian drones also recently , prompting NATO to beef up the alliance鈥檚 European air defenses as mounted.
鈥淣ow is the time to implement the joint protection of our European skies with a multilayered air defense system. All the technologies for this are available,鈥 Zelenskyy said on Telegram. 鈥淲e need investments and desire, we need strong actions and decisions from all our partners.鈥
In Zaporizhzhia, the Russian barrage struck more than 20 apartment buildings, starting fires, regional head Ivan Fedorov said on national television.
鈥淲e hadn鈥檛 yet recovered from enemy strikes on Aug. 30. We are currently repairing those buildings, those windows, but now the enemy has added more work for our municipal workers,鈥 Fedorov said.
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In response, Ukraine has developed its own long-range drones that have hit deep inside Russia, for Russia鈥檚 war effort.
Recent strikes have included oil refineries, depots and terminals. Russia remains the world鈥檚 second-largest oil exporter, but a seasonal rise in demand and sustained Ukrainian drone strikes have in recent weeks.
Ukraine鈥檚 General Staff said Tuesday that the armed forces struck an oil refinery in the Saratov region of western Russia during the night. Explosions and a fire were reported at the facility, the General Staff said on its Facebook page.
