At least 12 people were hurt following Russian drone strikes that hit Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and the southern city of Mykolaiv overnight.
“Two women were injured” in Kyiv, where the drone attack caused a fire at a storage facility and damaged several residential buildings, according to the Kyiv city military administration.
The Ukrainian air force stated that it intercepted “85 out of 145 drones launched by Russia during its overnight attack,” adding that “49 did not reach their targets, likely due to electronic warfare countermeasures.”
However, the report did not clarify what happened to the remaining 11 drones.
As per regional governor Vitalii Kim, “the overnight attack also injured 10 people in the southern city of Mykolaiv,” and the strike damaged “nine apartment buildings, 30 garages, and an administrative building.”
Russia has “denied targeting civilians,” but its invasion of Ukraine has already led to thousands of deaths and injuries.