KIEV (Reuters)-Russia attacked Ukraine with nearly 200 drones at night, mainly aimed at the Kiev region and energy facilities in the east, in attacks that killed two people, authorities said on Wednesday.
Russia has intensified drone attacks against Ukraine every night in recent weeks, and on Sunday the number of drones has reached the 267 record in three years of war.
Ukraine’s air defenses slaughtered 110 of the 177 drones launched by Russia in the night attack, the Air Force said.
The Air Force said 66 other drones were “lost”, in reference to the use of electronic war by Ukraine to redirect Russian drones. The regions of Kiev, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad and Sumy were the target of attacks.
Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, said its energy installation in the Dnipropetrovsk region was damaged without providing details.
Last year Russia focused its attacks on missiles and drones in the Ukraine electricity sector, but in recent months dramatically intensified attacks on gas storage facilities and production fields.
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An attack with drones in the Kiev region killed two people, injured at least two and burned several houses, the Ukraine Ministry said.
The body of a civilian was found in a house that caught fire as a result of the attack, wrote Mykola Kalashnyk, governor of the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital, in a post in the Telegram messaging app.
The emergency service published several photos and videos on the Firefighters by fighting the flames at night in what seemed to be residential buildings and garages in the Bucha District, in the Kiev region.
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There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Both sides deny the target of the civilians in the war, which began in February 2022 with the large -scale invasion of Russia. But thousands of civilians were killed in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainians.
Throughout the night, Reuters witnesses said they had heard explosions in Kiev and around and what appeared to be air defense systems in operation.
