Russia launched a wave of drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight on Sept. 2-3, targeting regions in western and central Ukraine, officials reported, APA reports, citing Kyiv Independent.
Five people were reported injured in Znamianka, a city in the central Kirovohrad region. According to local officials, 28 buildings were also destroyed in the Russian drone attack.
At approximately 5:30 a.m. local time, Kyiv Independent journalists reported hearing explosions in the country's capital.
In western Ukraine, explosions were heard in the cities of Kalush, Khmelnytskyi, Lutsk, and Rivne. Sounds of Ukrainian air defense fire were also reported between 2-2:30 a.m. in Lviv, according to a Kyiv Independent journalist on the ground.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, a downed drone in the town of Vyshhorod on the outskirts of Kyiv caused a fire at a residential building, Kyiv Oblast Governor Mykola Kalashnyk reported. No casualties were reported in the attack.
No information was immediately available as to any damage or casualties stemming from Russia's attack.
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