Ukraine said Thursday it thwarted nearly all of Russia’s overnight aerial attacks, with Ukrainian air defenses shooting down five Russian missiles and 23 drones.
The Ukrainian air force said Russian forces fired a total of six missiles at Ukraine, but did not specify the targets of the attacks.
Reports from regional officials showed Russia directed missiles and drones at parts of southern Ukraine.
Vitaliy Kim, governor of the Mykolaiv region, reported on Telegram that Ukrainian air defenses shot down six aerial drones and three cruise missiles.
In Kherson, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram that Ukrainian forces shot down two drones.
Air defenses shot down another drone over the Dnipropetrovska region, the governor there said on Telegram.
Russia’s defense ministry said its forces downed four Ukrainian aerial drones over the Tver region, northwest of Moscow, as well as two drones over the Moscow region and another over Belgorod.
Ukraine frequently targets Belgorod, which is located along the Russia-Ukraine border, with attacks against areas such as Moscow and Tver occurring more rarely.
