Russia launched a large-scale drone assault on Saturday night time, inflicting civilian casualties throughout Ukraine, official have mentioned.
Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Power Command, mentioned a “document” 267 Russian drones had been launched in a single, coordinated assault.
Amongst them, 138 had been intercepted by air defence whereas 119 disappeared from radars after being jammed and didn’t trigger any injury.
Whereas many had been repelled, emergency companies reported drone strikes inflicting destruction and fires in various areas in a single day.
The strike comes a day earlier than the third anniversary of the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
It’s not clear how many individuals have died, however preliminary figures from emergency companies counsel there have been no less than three casualties.
Two folks died in a strike on a residential constructing in Kherson, in southern Ukraine – a person and a mom of twins, the Ukrainian state emergency companies mentioned.
Regional authorities additionally confirmed that one man died and no less than three had been wounded following a strike on the central metropolis of Kryvyi Rih.
In the meantime, a 53-year-old lady was hospitalised after being injured in a drone assault in Zaporizhzhia, and firefighters had been referred to as to extinguish a number of fires within the capital, Kyiv.
Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Kltischko wrote on Telegram that the multi-wave drone assaults on the capital had broken a number of homes and vehicles however there have been no instant experiences of accidents.
Drones had been intercepted in no less than 13 areas together with Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Mykolayiv and Odesa, in accordance with Ukrainian authorities.
The Ukrainian air drive additionally reported that Russia launched three ballistic missiles in a single day.
In the meantime, Russia’s defence ministry mentioned on Sunday that 20 Ukrainian drones launched into Russia had been “destroyed” in a single day.
