Dec. 6 (UPI) — Russia launched 653 drones and 51 missiles at targets in Ukraine during the overnight hours into Saturday morning, which destroyed a railway station and damaged rolling stock.
Most of the drones and missiles were intercepted by Ukraine’s aerial defenses, but some managed to strike a railway hub in Fastiv, which is about 45 miles southeast of Kiev, the BBC reported.
Russian officials said the strike targeted energy and port infrastructure and military-industrial locations.
The attacks injured at least eight in the Kyiv region, and Ukrenergo, the national energy provider in Ukraine, reported the attack mostly targeted power stations and other types of energy infrastructure, according to The Guardian.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he will meet with British, German and Ukrainian leaders in London on Monday to discuss pressuring Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war that began when Russia invaded Ukraine nearly four years ago.
“We must continue to put pressure on Russia to force it toward peace,” Macron said in a social media post.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet in London to assess peace negotiations that are being mediated by U.S. officials.
