Russian Drones Kill, Ukraine Retaliates

0:00I'm Cory with the story. That's your Europe News Today update, AI-powered and always on. Russian drones slammed into Odessa overnight, turning an apartment block into rubble and killing two women, plus a two-year-old toddler. Rescuers pulled four survivors from the debris under floodlights, while 11 others landed in hospitals, including a pregnant woman and two young, kids, one under a year old. Meanwhile, Russian shelling hit Kerson Hard, taking out an elderly woman and injuring three more aged 86, 79, and 44 with. Shrapnel and Blaswims. A tax also targeted power grids across Chernihive, Sumi, Karkiv, and Denipro, leaving over 300,000 homes dark in Chernihive alone. President Zelinsky called it out, noting Russia has unleashed more than 2,800 drones, nearly 1,350, glide bombs, and over 40 missiles just this past week. These pushing partners for stronger air defenses, worried the Iran conflict is sucking

1:02of vital patriot systems Ukraine needs to keep intercepting. These threats, Ukraine's heading back with homegrown long-range drones, striking Russia's key Black Sea oil port and Novorossiusk and injuring eight people, including two children while damaging homes. Russian defenses claimed 50 Ukrainian drones down, and unconfirmed reports point to an oil terminal as the real target part of Kiev's push against. Moscow's export cash flow. With peace talks stalled, Zelinsky warns Russia shows no signs of slowing this grind, as both sides dig and deeper across the front.