Overnight airstrikes between Russia and Ukraine left two people dead in each nation and numerous others injured on both sides, officials said.
The Russian military announced on Saturday that it had taken control of the villages of Maliivka in the Dnipro area and Zelenyi Hai in the eastern Donetsk region, which Moscow unlawfully annexed but only partially controls. Ukrainian officials did not immediately respond to the claim.
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According to local officials, a combination rocket and drone strike occurred in the southern Dnipro region of Ukraine and the northeastern Sumy region. Serhii Lysak, the head of the regional administration in Dnipro, reported that the bombardment had killed at least two persons and injured five more.
The hit caused damage to a multi-story structure and company in the city of Dnipro, while a retail complex outside the city was destroyed by fire. According to the military government, three persons were hurt in Sumy. Russian drones destroyed the regional administrative building and struck a key area in Sumy on Saturday.
Overnight, Kharkiv was under heavy aircraft attack. Six persons were injured in Kharkiv, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Situations Service, including four rescuers who were struck in a double tap strike, in which emergency personnel are targeted in a follow-up attack while attempting to aid those injured in the first one.
The daily air force report states that Russia launched 27 missiles and 208 drones against Ukraine during the course of the night. It stated that preliminary data showed that 183 drones and 17 missiles were shot down or intercepted by air defense and electronic warfare, but that impacts from 10 missiles and 25 drones had been detected in nine different areas.
Russia’s defense ministry said Saturday that it had effectively targeted military installations in Ukraine that make explosives, ammo, and parts for missile weapons. It was not possible to independently verify the assertion.
In an online message, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukrainian long-range drones guarantee that there can be no silence in reaction to such strikes.
According to Zelenskyy, Russian airports, logistics, and military companies must believe that the Russian conflict has tangible repercussions for them.
According to Russian officials, Ukrainian drones attacked many areas during the course of the night. According to acting governor Yuri Slyusar, two individuals were murdered in a drone strike on the Rostov area, which is on the Ukrainian border.
Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said on Telegram that drones had struck an unidentified industrial facility in the nearby Stavropol district. He also mentioned that the attack caused a short-lived fire, but he did not say where. Vladimirov claimed that the attack had limited the region’s cellular internet, which detractors claim contributes to pervasive Internet censorship.
Videos uploaded online by locals allegedly showed that the drones struck the Signal radio plant, which produces jamming equipment, according to an unverified media story. The claim could not be confirmed by the Associated Press.
According to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, drones also targeted Moscow but were shot down, while Governor Oleg Melnichenko reported that an unidentified industrial location in the Penza region southeast of the capital was also targeted.
54 Ukrainian drones were shot down or intercepted by Russia’s air defenses, according to the country’s defense ministry. Of these, 24 were over the Bryansk region on the Ukrainian border, 12 over the Rostov region, 6 over the occupied Crimean Peninsula, 4 over the Azov sea, 3 over the Black Sea, and a few more over the Orlov, Tula, and Belgorod regions.
A drone struck a private residence in the North Caucasus area of Ingushetia, Russia, injuring a lady and three children, according to local health officials.
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