The war continues to rage. At least one person was killed this Thursday in Russian bombings in Ukraine, with Russia claiming to have shot down 20 Ukrainian drones and two missiles in several regions, their respective authorities announced. These attacks come the day after a triple Russian strike on Cherniguiv, a large city in northern Ukraine, which left 18 dead, according to the final official report published this Thursday, after the end of relief operations.
In the Donetsk region, partially occupied by Russia in eastern Ukraine, one person was killed in Selydové during Russian bombings which damaged houses and set fire to an industrial zone, announced on Telegram the Governor Vadym Filashkin. Two people were also injured in Krasnogorivka and several other towns were hit by strikes, he added.
Drones also destroyed in Ukraine
In the Kherson region, in the south of the country, 16 people were injured in several bombings over the past 24 hours, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram. The Ukrainian Air Force announced that it had shot down 13 explosive drones overnight from Wednesday to Thursday.
In Russia, authorities reported several Ukrainian air attacks overnight. The Ministry of Defense claimed to have neutralized 20 drones and two ballistic missiles in flight, particularly over the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine and is regularly targeted.
A woman, injured in this attack, was hospitalized, according to the regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov. The other regions targeted are those of Voronezh, also bordering Ukraine, and Rostov, which houses the military headquarters of the Russian operation in Ukraine, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.