Ukraine’s military said Monday it destroyed all 29 aerial drones that Russia launched in overnight attacks.
The Ukrainian air force said the intercepts took place over the Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Poltava regions, and regional officials reported no casualties or damage.
The Russian defense ministry said it destroyed seven Ukrainian drones, including five over the Belgorod region and two over the Kursk region.
Russian missile attacks Sunday killed at least 11 people at a crowded resort just outside Kharkiv city.
“There were never any soldiers here,” said Yaroslav Trofimko, a police inspector at the resort, said. “It was a Sunday; people were supposed to be here to rest. Children were supposed to be here, pregnant women, resting, enjoying a normal way of life.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again pressed Western allies to provide additional air defense systems to protect Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities.
“The world can stop Russian terror — and to do so, the lack of political will among leaders must be overcome,” Zelenskyy said on social media.
“Two Patriots for Kharkiv will make a fundamental difference,” he added, referring to Patriot missile defense systems. He also said that air defense systems for other cities and support for soldiers on the front line would ensure Russia’s defeat.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military shelled two towns in Russia’s southern Belgorod region on Sunday, injuring at least 13 people, including three children, and damaging residential areas, Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. Several apartment buildings sustained damage, Gladkov said.
Ukraine’s military has launched frequent attacks on towns and villages on Russian border regions.
Russia said Sunday that Ukraine launched 62 drones on Russian regions, leading the Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to halt operations, the Interfax news agency reported.
A Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters in Kyiv that Ukraine’s security service, SBU, and military drones struck the Slavyansk refinery and a military airfield in Krasnodar region in overnight attacks.
The Ukrainian navy also said it had destroyed the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Project 266M Kovrovets minesweeper.
Russia said its forces defeated Ukraine’s 24th and 42nd mechanized brigades and the 125th Air Defense Brigade at Lukiantsi, Vesele and Radhospne in the Kharkiv region and repelled attacks by Kyiv’s forces at other points in the area.
Russia accused Kyiv’s forces of firing U.S., French and Ukrainian missiles at Russia-held territory.
Some information for this story came from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters
