Rescuers with a dog work at a site of a shopping center destroyed by Friday's Russian drone attack in the city of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on Saturday. SERHII CHALYI/REUTERS
KYIV/MOSCOW — France on Saturday promised to deliver new interceptor missiles to Ukraine as a fresh wave of deadly Russian and Ukrainian strikes caused casualties on both sides.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on X that he had spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and that France would strengthen its support for Ukraine, including the delivery of interceptor missiles. "It is crucial to provide Ukraine with all the necessary means to defend its skies," Macron said.
The two sides exchanged missile and drone strikes throughout Saturday. Ukrainian officials said Russian strikes killed at least seven people in Ukraine on Saturday, including two in the Kyiv region and at least four in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Russia's Defense Ministry said one strike near Kyiv hit a locomotive depot and other strikes targeted facilities linked to the Ukrainian military.
