Russia launches overnight attack on central, northern Ukraine

Russia has carried out an overnight aerial assault on Ukraine, launching missiles across various northern and central regions, Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday morning.

A 10-storey apartment building in Kyiv (Sviatoshynskyi District) damaged by fragments of a missile on 20 March 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Photo: Dsns.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Ukrainian military said it had successfully shot down four cruise missiles out of a total of eight airborne targets detected.

Ruslan Kravchenko, governor of the Kyiv region, said two people had been wounded and 10 buildings damaged by falling missile debris.

"Thanks to the professional work of the air defense forces, there were no strikes on critical or residential infrastructure," he said in a statement.

As part of its 18-month-old full-scale invasion, Russia has conducted series of air attacks using both missiles and drones, targeting Ukrainian urban centers located at a significant distance from the frontline.

(ał)

Source: Reuters