Ukraine’s military said Wednesday it thwarted one of Russia’s most extensive drone attacks, shooting down all 89 aerial drones Russia launched overnight.
The Ukrainian air force said the country’s air defenses also shot down a Russian guided missile that targeted the Mykolaiv region.
Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was the biggest target of the drone attack.
Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city administration, said on Telegram that more than four dozen drones were shot down above Kyiv and in areas approaching the city.
Popko said there were no reported injuries or damage from the attack, which came in two waves.
In the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, officials said a drone killed one person and injured another.
Officials in Cherkasy, in central Ukraine, and the southern region of Dnipropetrovsk reported multiple drones were shot down in their areas.
Russia’s defense ministry said Wednesday it shot down 19 Ukrainian drones, including 11 over the Belgorod region along the Russia-Ukraine border.
The governor of the Bryansk region reported no casualties or damage after Russian air defenses shot down four aerial drones.
Other drone intercepts took place over Russia’s Kaluga and Rostov regions, as well as Russia-occupied Crimea.
Some information for this story was provided by Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
