Hundreds of drones flew over Ukraine: Russian attacks claimed the lives of two civilians, children were also injured

  • A Russian attack on Dnipro killed two civilians and caused a warehouse fire.
  • During the shelling of Vilňansk, houses were destroyed and two children were injured.
  • Drone attacks hit Odesa and Konotop, damaging a museum and an apartment building.

The Russian attack on the city of Dnipro in the east of Ukraine on Wednesday night claimed the lives of two civilians and injured at least six. reported on Wednesday the commander of the regional military administration Olexandr Hanža. During the attack a warehouse with foodstuffs was hit and burned almost to the ground. TASR informs about it according to the report of the British station BBC.

During the night attack on city ​​of Vilňansk in the Zaporozhye region, two adult civilians and two children were injured: a 12-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy. As specified by the head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, the attack hit a private house, which was completely destroyed.

The southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa was also attacked on Wednesday night, where drones attacked a neighborhood with family homes, warehouses and unspecified objects of critical infrastructure. Fires broke out in the city of Konotop in the Sumy region after several buildings were hit by drones. According to the mayor of the city, Artem Semenikhin, the city museum and a five-story apartment building were also damaged. Úcouncils report at least six injured from the city.

Russian drones also attacked Kharkiv on Wednesday night in the east of Ukraine, which is the target of such attacks practically every day. The logistics center of the Nová pošta company in one of Kharkiv’s neighborhoods was attacked three times in the last 24 hours.

On Tuesday evening, the Russian army also launched a missile attack on the Naftohaz oil and gas infrastructure in the Chernihiv region. According to the company, targeted shelling of its facilities by Russian troops has continued for the fourth day in a row, causing damage to the facilities. The authorities did not report any casualties or injuries.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army stated in its morning briefing that the Russian Army attacked Ukraine on Wednesday night with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 154 drones. Until 08:30 local time, 131 drones were shot down or neutralized. Meanwhile, the Russian military announced that it had shot down 273 Ukrainian drones since Tuesday evening, over Lipetsk, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Tver, Tula and Moscow regions, as well as over Tatarstan.

The governor of the Stavropol Region, Vladimir Vladimirov, confirmed that she was attacked on Wednesday night an industrial zone in the city of Nevinnomyssk, where the large Nevinnomysskij azot chemical plant is located, which has already been the target of drone attacks from Ukraine in the past. On Wednesday morning, Ukrainian troops launched a rocket attack on Belgorod, Belgorod Mayor Valentin Demidov reported. According to preliminary reports, no one was injured.

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