Russian air strikes in Ukraine have killed at least 13 people and injured 56 citizens across the country since Friday, according to regional officials.

Russia fired 250 drones and 14 ballistic missiles against Kiev, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, causing fires in residential buildings.

At least 14 people were injured in the capital. It was one of the largest air attacks in the city since the start of the war.

The Air Force said it shot down six missiles and 245 unmanned aircraft.

“With all such attack, people are becoming more and more confident that the cause of the war extension is in Moscow.“, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski told X.

The barrage of attacks during the night occurred as Russia and Ukraine are involved in exchanges of prisoners agreed after talks between the two sides in Turkey.

Describing a “difficult night”, Zelenski said there were fires and explosions across Kiev, with houses, businesses and cars suffered damage to attacks or debris.

Four people were killed in the eastern district of Donetsk, five in the southern regions of Odessa and Hersona and four in the northeast area of ​​Harkov.

Olha Tsirouha, a 64 -year -old resident of Kiev, told Reuters news agency: “I wish they would agree on a truce. To bomb people like that – bumped kids. My three -year -old granddaughter was screaming frightened. “

Commenting on the combined use of aerial weapons, Timur Tkatsenko, head of the Kiev military administration, said: “The enemy improves his own drones use tactics while attacking with ballistic“

Zelenski said that only “additional sanctions targeting basic sectors of the Russian economy” could push Moscow to agree on a ceasefire.

Last week, Russia said Ukraine had launched hundreds of explosive drones in the country, including attacks over Moscow. The Russian Ministry of Defense said 485 drones had been dismissed.