Russia launched a missile and drone attack targeting various Ukrainian regions overnight on Aug. 30, killing at least one person and injuring 22 others, officials reported, APA reports citing Kyiv Independent.
Officials and local media outlets reported hearing explosions in multiple cities across the country, including in Zaporizhzhia, Pavlohrad, Dnipro, Chernihiv, Lutsk, and Cherkasy amid the attack.
Ukraine's Air Force reported that multiple Russian cruise and ballistic missiles had been launched at Ukraine's front line regions. A Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground reported hearing multiple explosions in Dnipro around 4:15 a.m. local time amid news of the missile attack.
In Zaporizhzhia, Russian missile and drone strikes damaged 40 homes, 14 apartment buildings, and an unspecified number of industrial facilities, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
Preliminary reports indicate that at least one person was killed and another 22 others, including three children, have been injured in the attack, officials reported.
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09:06
The Russian army has massively shelled Ukrainian territory using UAVs and missiles, APA reports.
The Ukrainian side announced that more than 100 drones belonging to the Russian army were detected in the airspace during the night hours.
The capital Kyiv, the cities of Dnipro, Pavlohrad, Lutsk, as well as the regions of Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Poltava, and Rivne were subjected to intense fire from UAVs and cruise missiles.
As a result of the attack, explosions in many areas reportedly caused destruction to residential and service facilities. There is no information yet regarding human casualties.
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