Russia launches more than 300 drones, missiles at Ukraine overnight

AFP

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with hundreds of drones and three ballistic missiles, targeting port infrastructure in the south and wounding at least seven people, Ukrainian officials said.

Ukraine's air force reported Russia launched 324 drones in the period since 6 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Tuesday and three ballistic missiles, while air defence units shot down or neutralised 309 drones, but the missiles and 13 drones hit at nine locations.

Three people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on the southeastern city of Dnipro, the regional governor, Oleksandr Ganzha, said on the Telegram messaging app.

Ganzha said the attack also damaged a nine-story apartment building and an administrative building, posting photos of a building with a gaping hole in one of its sides.

The new attack came after a missile strike on the city killed five and injured close to 30 people on Tuesday.

Four people sought medical attention after an overnight drone attack in the central city of Cherkasy, Ihor Taburets.

A woman was killed in the shelling of the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia early on Wednesday, the regional governor, Ivan Fedorov, said.

Fedorov, writing on Telegram, said a 74-year-old saleswoman was killed in a kiosk, and the attack also damaged a car park, business premises, and nearby residential buildings.

Port infrastructure in Ukraine's southern region of Odesa on the Black Sea came under another drone attack, the regional governor, Oleh Kiper, said, reporting damage to administrative and warehouse buildings.

Officials in the Kyiv region also reported a drone attack.

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