2023-11-04 16:48:02
KIEV (AP) — Russian strikes in Ukraine injured at least 14 civilians in the past 24 hours, authorities said Saturday, as the head of the European Union’s executive arm returned to the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr. Zelenskyy.
The governor of the Zaporizhia region, Yurii Malashko, said nine people were injured in a Russian rocket attack on the village of Zarichne. In total, 26 towns and settlements in the region were attacked during the day, he said.
In the Kherson region, five people were injured, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. He said attacks in the region came from artillery, mortars, drones, warplanes and tanks.
Nikopol, a city on the opposite bank of the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, was attacked, but no injuries were immediately reported, according to Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhii Lysak.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in kyiv on Saturday morning and was met by Zelenskyy at the train station.
He tweeted that talks during his sixth visit would focus on Ukraine’s path to the EU “and how we will continue to make Russia pay for its war of aggression.”
The visit came a week before the presentation of a report on EU enlargement, which von der Leyen said will highlight Kiev’s progress on its path to joining the 27-member bloc.
“I must say that they have made excellent progress. It is impressive to see,” von der Leyen said after the meeting with Zelenskyy. “We must never forget that you are fighting an existential war and, at the same time, you are profoundly reforming your country.”
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