An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia unleashed an overnight airstrike on Ukraine, killing at least one person and damaging critical infrastructure, Ukrainian authorities said on Thursday.
Kyiv's military said Russian forces fired 78 attack drones and six missiles over various regions across the country during the hours-long attack. Air defences destroyed 66 drones and four missiles, it added.
One woman was killed in a missile strike on southern Ukraine's Odesa and another eight people were wounded in a guided-bomb attack on the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, interior minister Ihor Klymenko said on social media.
Around a dozen drones were destroyed over the capital Kyiv, where 20 cars and a residential gas pipe were damaged, said Serhiy Popko, head of the local military administration.
Parts of the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk were left without power after a Russian strike on critical infrastructure there, said regional governor Svitlana Onyshchuk.
Ukraine's national grid operator also reported outages in the central Poltava and northern Chernihiv regions, in addition to power cuts in frontline regions.
Later in the morning, Kyiv's air force said it had recorded the launch of several hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, but offered no immediate details.
Russia has regularly sent drones and missiles over Ukrainian towns and cities far behind the front line since invading its neighbour in February 2022.
Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilians in Ukraine, but says the country's energy infrastructure is a legitimate military target.
(Reporting by Gleb Garanich and Dan Peleschuk; Editing by Kim Coghill and Alex Richardson)
