Two people including 16 years old murdered in Russian artillery strikes in Ukraine

The government of Ukraine said that two people, including a young boy, were killed on Saturday in attacks by Russian artillery. Russia also said it had shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet and destroyed a group of drones in different areas.

Russia is winning in the fight, and Ukraine is running out of weapons. This is when the attacks happened.

Ukraine’s friends in the West are carefully considering sending soldiers. Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said on Friday that sending NATO soldiers to Ukraine is possible. French President Emmanuel Macron also said last month that this idea should be considered.

Serhiy Lysak, leader of Dnipropetrovsk region in Ukraine, said a 16-year-old boy was killed and a 22-year-old man was hurt in a morning attack with artillery in the town of Chervonohryhorivka. The town is across the river from the Russian Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is the biggest in Europe. The area is being attacked by Russians almost every day.

In Chasiv Yar, a person was killed by artillery fire, in the Donetsk region. This area is mostly controlled by Russia and has seen a lot of fighting during the three-year war.

The Russian military shot down 41 drones over the Rostov region, which is next to Ukraine and has a big army base. They also shot down two drones in the Kursk region and three in Volgograd. No one got hurt right away.

The government said that the air force destroyed a Ukrainian fighter jet over Pokrovsk, a city in the Donetsk region. This city is important to Russia and Ukraine lost control of another city called Avdiivka earlier in February. This is a big problem for Ukraine in their war against Russia.

The leader of a region in Russia called Belgorod said that drones from Ukraine attacked two villages near the border on Saturday, but no one got hurt. The governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, did not say how much damage the attacks caused.

Ukraine doesn’t want to talk about making peace with Russia, even though it has had some problems in its military. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visited Turkey and Turkish President Erdogan said his country is ready to hold a meeting for peace between Russia and Ukraine.

However, Zelenskyy is determined not to talk directly with Russia about peace and has stated many times that the country being invaded should be the one to lead peace negotiations.