Moscow and kyiv have stepped up their drone and missile attacks in recent weeks, with Ukraine recently firing long-range US missiles at Russia and the Kremlin launching an experimental hypersonic missile at a Ukrainian city, also threatening to hit the Europe and the United States.
“During the night attack, the enemy launched a record number of Shahed and unidentified combat drones,” as well as four Iskander-M ballistic missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram. “Unfortunately, critical infrastructure sites were affected” and “in several regions, homes and residential buildings were damaged,” she added. According to preliminary data, the attack did not cause any “deaths or injuries,” the air force said.
Towards morning, air defense managed to shoot down 76 drones in 17 Ukrainian regions while 95 of its aircraft probably fell due to electronic jamming by the Ukrainian army, the statement added. Five other drones flew towards Belarusian territory, a Moscow-allied country located in northern Ukraine.
Russia claims to have conquered a village
The Russian army, for its part, claimed the capture of a village in the Kharkiv region, in the north-east of Ukraine, Russia increasing its conquests in recent weeks in the face of a Ukrainian army in difficulty.
