Ukraine, including the Lviv region in the west, was the target of a nighttime attack by Iranian-made drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Saturday.
Russia, which launched an invasion of Ukraine just over a year ago, regularly pounded the country's infrastructure, depriving the population of electricity and water.
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Around 9 p.m. on March 17, 2023, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 type kamikaze attack drones
,” according to a statement broadcast on Telegram.
Eleven out of 16 drones were "
destroyed
", assured the army.
The attacks were launched from the Sea of Azov and from the Russian region of Bryansk, which borders Ukraine to the north, she added.
The Lviv region (west) was particularly targeted.
“
Around 1 a.m., our region was attacked by Shahed 136-type suicide drones
,” said regional governor Maksym Kozytski.
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Three drones were shot down, three others "
hit non-residential buildings
" in the Yavoriv district, causing damage but no casualties, he added.
In the Dnipro region (southeast), three drones were shot down by air defense, said the head of the regional council, Mykola Lukashuk.
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Two others hit critical infrastructure in Novomoskovsk
", north of Dnipro, causing a fire and "
significant
" damage, four houses destroyed and six others damaged, but no injuries, he added. .
The drones launched on Kiev were "
all
" "
destroyed
" by "
our air defense forces
", without causing any casualties or damage, the city administration said on social networks.