Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (centre -right) and his wife Olena Zelenska (centre) arrive flanked by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (centre -left) to mark the Day of Ukrainian Statehood in Kyiv on Wednesday, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP KYIV (Ukraine), July 15 (Agencies): Russian strikes killed six people and wounded at least 20 across Ukraine on Wednesday, regional authorities said.
The daytime attacks targeted industrial and medical facilities in the Black Sea port city of Odesa and in the northeastern city of Sumy, near the border with Russia.
"The enemy launched six guided aerial bombs," said Sumy regional governor Oleg Grygorov. "Three people were killed and 17 were wounded.
"Among the dead are a woman and a man," he added. "Another person sustained extremely severe injuries, making it currently impossible to determine their gender."
Meanwhile, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday announced a "drone deal" with Ukraine to boost joint production of the key battlefield technology.
"This deal will bring together Ukrainian ingenuity and Europe's industrial scale," von der Leyen said in Kyiv, after receiving an award from President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukraine has already signed similar deals with some individual EU countries and Gulf nations looking to tap into the expertise Kyiv has developed during more than four years of war with Russia.
Earlier, Lithuania has intelligence that Russia is planning attacks on infrastructure, and security around energy and transport sites will be tightened as a precaution, President Gitanas Nauseda said in an interview published on Wednesday.
Nauseda said he had no information on when or where the attacks were planned, and did not say that his country was the target, in his interview with BNS news agency.
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