A Russian offensive on Dnipro and other Ukrainian regions left several dead, dozens injured and a residential building collapsed. This Saturday, while Volodymyr Zelensky reinforced military cooperation in Azerbaijan, the discovery of drone fragments in Romania led that nation to summon the Russian ambassador.

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Between Friday night and early Saturday, Russia launched a massive attack on Dnipro, in southeastern Ukraine, where Moscow used more than 660 drones and missiles, Reuters reported.

"Practically all night, the Russians bombed Dnipro, as well as our other cities and towns," wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his social networks, specifying that most of the targets were urban infrastructure in the city, which had almost a million inhabitants before the war.

Zelensky put the death toll at least five and more than 40 injured in this offensive. "All services are mobilized: medical teams, rescue teams," said the president.

According to regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha, a large part of a residential building in Dnipro collapsed after the overnight impact and four lifeless bodies were recovered from the rubble.

While emergency services searched for victims, Moscow launched a second broadside in broad daylight at the same building, leaving one dead and seven additional wounded.

As a result of the attacks, thick columns of black smoke covered the sky this Saturday and local media warned the population about the serious worsening of air quality.

Other regions were also affected. In Chernigov, missile and drone attacks killed at least two people and injured seven others, according to the regional governor. Separately, at least three people were killed in an attack carried out overnight in the Luhansk region, the Russian news agency TASS reported.

The same source indicated on Saturday, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, that its forces took the town of Bochkove, in the Kharkiv region. This information, however, could not be independently verified.

The Russian Defense Ministry also claimed to have attacked military, industrial and energy targets in Ukraine overnight, although it did not comment on the impact on the apartment block in Dnipro.

As reported on Telegram by the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia attacked the country with a total of 619 drones and 47 missiles, of which 580 drones and 30 missiles were shot down by local defenses.

“Each attack of this type should remind our partners that the situation requires immediate and firm action, as well as a rapid reinforcement of our air defenses,” President Volodymyr Zelensky reaffirmed.

Zelensky in Azerbaijan

These attacks coincided with the visit of the Ukrainian president to Azerbaijan where he signed cooperation agreements on security and energy.

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"The key is the military-industrial complex: we will develop and strengthen our cooperation. We have also talked about continuing energy initiatives and launching new ones," Zelensky said on the X social network, where he thanked the 11 energy aid packages received from Baku.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev noted that these partnerships have "wide-ranging prospects."

In addition to the energy agreements, both countries formalized an alliance in military-industrial matters.

Following the coordinated attacks by Israel and the United States against Iran on February 28, 2026, and the subsequent outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, several countries requested Ukraine's help to intercept the Iranian-made Shahed drones that Tehran has used to attack Israel and the Persian Gulf states.

Romania summons the Russian ambassador

As Russia attacked Ukraine, Romanian authorities located fragments of two drones in the city of Galați, in the southeast of the country. Although no victims were reported, an electricity pole and an annex of a house were damaged, according to the national Ministry of Defense.

“The Ministry of Defense strongly condemns the irresponsible actions of the Russian Federation and emphasizes that these represent a new challenge for regional security and stability in the Black Sea area,” the institution said in a statement.

Given the seriousness of the events, the Romanian Foreign Ministry announced the summons of the Russian ambassador to demand explanations.

“Such incidents demonstrate the Russian Federation's lack of respect for the norms of international law and endanger not only the safety of Romanian citizens, but also the collective security of NATO,” the foreign ministry added.

Romania, a member of the Atlantic Alliance, shares a 650 km border with Ukraine and has recovered drone fragments on its territory regularly since the start of the conflict. However, this is the first time that confirmed property damage has been reported in a populated area.

With Reuters

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