A mother and son were killed in a hotel in Zaporizhzhia, a ministry said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 2, 2024.'s air force said on Telegram that Russia fired three Iskander ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea, one Kh-59/69 air-launched missile from Russia's western Kursk region and 35 Iranian-madeUkrainian air defenses downed 27 drones, the air force said, with six more "lost.
Two other members of the family -- the father and a 13-year-old girl -- were buried under rubble but later recovered. Both are in a "serious condition" and have been hospitalized, the ministry said. Ukraine's air defense units were active overnight in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Poltava and the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the air force said.
Ukraine has scored notable successes within Russia with its own domestically produced drones and missiles, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly said Kyiv needs more advanced capabilities.
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