Ukraine said Thursday its air defenses shot down all 42 drones that Russia used in overnight attacks targeting regions across the country.
Ukraine’s air force said it also shot down a Russian guided missile. Russia’s attacks included drones directed at the Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Rivne, Vinnytsia, and Zhytomyr regions, the military said.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it destroyed two Ukrainian drones over the Kursk region and another drone over the Belgorod region.
The exchange of aerial attacks came a day after a Ukrainian drone hit a warehouse in Russia’s Tver region, sparking a large fire and forcing evacuations in the area.
“The enemy hit an ammunition depot in the area of Toropets,” said Yuri Podolyaka, a Ukrainian-born, pro-Russian military blogger, Reuters reported. “Everything that can burn is already burning there (and exploding).”
Igor Rudenya, governor of the Tver region, said on Telegram that the drones had been shot down and a fire was burning, but the situation was “under control.”
In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not mention the blast specifically, but said a “very important result was achieved” on Russian territory that weakened the enemy.
Ukraine’s state security service earlier said the warehouse held missiles, guided bombs and artillery ammunition. Previously, Russian media had called the site a major conventional arms arsenal.
Some information for this report was provided by Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
