Ukraine destroys 26 Russian drones in latest overnight strike


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 Mar 2024

Firefighters work at the site where houses were damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine November 18, 2023. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia region/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces shot down 26 out of 28 attack drones launched overnight by Russia, Kyiv's military said on Thursday.

The Iranian-made drones were destroyed over parts of eastern, southern and southeastern Ukraine, the air force added.

The Zaporizhzhia region's governor said on Telegram that two women had been wounded when debris struck a residential neighbourhood in the regional capital.

Prosecutors in the eastern Kharkiv region said a restaurant, a store and offices were damaged by debris from three drones.

The air force added that Russia's overnight attack included several types of missiles. The military's southern command reported on Telegram that those launched from planes over the Black Sea had "lost their combat capability".

Odesa region governor Oleh Kiper said Russia carried out a separate missile strike later in the morning but that no injuries had been reported. He did not specify the target.

Russia has launched regular air strikes on population centres far behind the lines of its two-year-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

(Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; Editing by Michael Perry and Christina Fincher)

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