Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of deadly drone strikes on civilian areas of their countries on Monday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy anticipated "a very intense week" of diplomacy at the UN General Assembly in New York, where the Security Council was expected to discuss the more than three-year war.

At least seven Russian aircraft bombarded the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia overnight, killing three people and wounding two others, according to regional administration head Ivan Fedorov.

The attack started around 4:20 a.m. local time and lasted about 40 minutes, Fedorov said. Residential buildings, shopping malls, a parking lot and "critical infrastructure" were targeted, he said.

"None of the sites had anything to do with military infrastructure," Fedorov sai

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