One person was killed and two dozen people were wounded in Russian drone attacks across Ukraine on Monday, local authorities said, as Kyiv and Moscow step up long-range strikes amid stalled peace talks.The death occurred in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. Eight people were wounded in the northern town of Chernihiv, where power was cut to 10,000 residents, authorities said.Emergency services shared images from Chernigiv showing teams of firefighters dousing a large blaze in the middle of the night following the attacks.According to the Ukrainian air force, Russian forces had launched 265 combat drones in the barrage, and that its air defence units had downed 228 of the unmanned aerial vehicles.Seven people were wounded in Russian strikes are from Black Sea port city of Odesa, four more in the central city of Kharkiv, one in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia and at least two more were hurt in Kherson.Moscow launched attacks at midnight on Ukraine, which has stepped up its retaliatory strikes in recent months, mainly targeting Russian energy infrastructure.“The war between Russia and Ukraine has become the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II”
